No, It’s Not a Done Deal: The Assisted Suicide Fight Has Shifted Back To Albany
A dangerous misconception has taken hold across New York: that the battle over assisted suicide is over. It’s not. In reality, the fight has entered its...
Showing Weakness
In my column in last week’s QJL, I wrote that “When there was an intimidation protest outside Park Avenue Synagogue, we responded with our own...
Don’t Get A Head Of Yourself
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, is that’s we’re in severe need of good news these days. Unfortunately, we can’t even all agree on what...
Style & Living
Osot Chayil: A Community Where None Existed
For many mothers and wives of combat soldiers, sleepless nights and constant worry are their companions. For chareidi women in this position, it is...
Matches That Are Truly Special
The chasan broke the glass, and the guests screamed “Mazal Tov!” While the simchah was palpable, there was not a dry eye in the hall. This was no...
All In A Bottle
When Hillel Manne moved to Israel in 1996, the first thing he did was plant a vineyard. Having grown up in California, he had studied agriculture at...
Torah
A Meal, A Promise, And A Miracle
A tourist once found himself lost in the city of Be’er Sheva. He tapped a man on the shoulder and asked, “Is there a kosher restaurant around here?” The man...
A Meal, A Promise, And A Miracle
A tourist once found himself lost in the city of Be’er Sheva. He tapped a man on the shoulder and asked, “Is there a kosher restaurant around here?” The man...
Every Note Counts
One day, a number of summers ago, a rebbi in a prominent Brooklyn yeshivah by the name of Rabbi Plutchok found himself learning in a Beis Medrash at a...
