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ALIYAH

Jews Don’t Feel Safe in France: French Aliyah Soars

In the spring of 2014, Dan Béchar and his wife decided to make aliyah from France with their three kids.…

HISTORY

What’s the Truth about . . . Mordechai and Esther Being Related?

Misconception: Mordechai and Esther, the Purim heroes, were uncle and niece.1 Fact: According to Megillat Esther, Mordechai and Esther were…

HISTORY

Brown V. Board of Education: An Orthodox Cause?

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, remembering Orthodox Jewry and the Civil Rights Movement In December 1958, Rabbi…

HISTORY

Jewish Genealogy: The Journey to Oneself

My mother’s death brought to life a disturbing realization. Although she will always be the precious woman I call “Mommy,”…

JEWISH CULTURE

Embracing Chassidus: Q. & A. with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger

Writer Binyamin Ehrenkranz speaks with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, the founding rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, New York, and…

COVER STORY

A Business of Her Own

The recession of 2008 may have left thousands of Orthodox Jews out of work, but apparently not out of hope.

ISRAEL

The Spiritual Significance of Shemitah

Why would the Torah dictate such a challenging set of laws, requiring that landowners relinquish their land and neither plant…

PEOPLE

My Abba, Rav Ovadia

By Adina Bar Shalom With Toby Klein Greenwald I first met Rabbanit Adina Bar Shalom, the daughter of Rav Ovadia…

ISRAEL

Everything You Need To Know About Shemittah

It is especially vital for the American tourist or student who will be spending the year in Israel learning in…

COVER STORY

The New Entreprenuer

Why the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well and booming in the Orthodox community

ISRAEL

On and Off the Beaten Track in. . . NEOT KEDUMIM

  “Renew our days as of old” Have you ever imagined what Avraham and Sarah or the generation of Joshua…

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