Jewish World

LIFE ORDEALS

Friday the Rabbi Got Hijacked

In September 1970, a TWA plane carrying Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner, rosh yeshivah of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, was hijacked to Jordan.…

JEWISH WORLD

A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg

In honor of the Talmudic Encyclopedia’s recent seventieth anniversary, Jewish Action Editor Nechama Carmel spoke with Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, MD,…

PEOPLE

Talking with Rabbi Binyomin Eisenberger

OU President Moishe (Mark) Bane discusses some of the challenges of prayer with Rabbi Binyomin Eisenberger, a prominent New York…

FICTION

Rescued by the Tufts of Their Hair

Rav Neria opened the door wide, and invited me with a grand gesture of his arm to enter. He welcomed…

HISTORY

Debating Orthodox Judaism: A Tale of Two Rabbinical Seminaries

Two thousand people, with their curiosity piqued, filled the grand auditorium. The debaters, dressed in tuxedos, wing collars, bat ties…

JEWISH LIVING

The Contemporary Rebbetzin: What’s It Like to Be a Rebbetzin in 2017?

Irrespective of their different life stories and circumstances—one truth emerges: rebbetzinhood entails a certain amount of mesirut nefesh, self-sacrifice. And…

HISTORY

Portraits of Rabbinic Women

Rebbetzin. A relatively modern word but a fairly ancient role.

INSPIRATION

No Need For Forgiveness

While the congregant spoke about the difficulty in finding meaning in a child’s death, a visitor sitting on an aisle…

HISTORY

A Business of Her Own: Jewish Women Entrepreneurs of the Past

While the quintessential Jewish woman of the past most likely did stir pots, roll pastry dough and haggle with vendors,…

EDUCATION

Up Close with Bracha Goetz

A Harvard graduate who just came out with her thirty-third book discusses her decades-long career as a writer of Jewish…

PEOPLE

Remembering Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, zt”l

David Olivestone, former senior communications officer of the OU, and Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, OU executive vice president, emeritus, remember Ben…

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