May 2, 2011 Agudath Israel Statement on the successful military operation in Pakistan Today’s world harbors less evil than yesterday’s. While vengeance is not a responsibility of us mortals, the pursuit of justice is....
Note to readers: I usually post my regular Ami column weekly; this past week, of course, Ami wasn’t published due to Pesach. Since I write several features for the magazine, I thought I’d take...
Not as we know it. I’ve had substantial connection with the Korean community for well over a decade. I’ve traveled there to lecture on Jewish topics, and I stay in close contact with a...
Several months ago, Rav Matisyahu Solomon shlit”a, mashgiach of Lakewood’s famed Beis Medrash Gavoha, denounced the advertising of Kupat Ha’ir as theft — convincing those in desperate situations that all they need to do...
by Rabbi Binyomin Gidon HaLevi Kelsen, Esq. Note: The following is a letter written in 1939 by the Piasceztna Rebbe to his followers before Pesach 5699 (1939). At this time, though the war had...
Is there a new fifth column in our midst? A recent article deals with adults who have shed their emunah but have not walked out of the community. It analyzes causes, and offers prescriptions....
Kiruv of Israelis can’t get much better than this, I would think. Let’s see how many elements of effective presentation our readers can identify in this video. Kudos to the Ayelet HaShachar outreach organization...
What follows is an excerpt (with permission) from a letter I received from a recent “graduate” of Netzach Yehuda, known colloquially in the US as Nachal Haredi. (For the purists, Netzach Yehuda is the...
A friend of mine received a call the other night for a telephone survey of senior citizens. The interviewer wanted to know about his physical and emotional health – “Do you have any trouble...
It always takes courage and moral backbone to publicly apologize, and we should acknowledge this in Richard Goldstone, who has recanted much of what he wrote in the notorious Goldstone Report. Like the feathers...