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How a Gap Year in Israel Can Change a Life

Teens who spend their gap year in a program in Israel are materially different than teens who don’t.

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It All Starts with a Mom

“What better way to show the moms what their teens experienced than by taking them on a similar trip?”

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A Time of Repentance

An excerpt from Bein Sheishes Le’Asor by Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe; translation by Rabbi Eliyahu Krakowski.

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Outreach Obligations and Responsibilities: What Does Halachah Say?

If you see someone drowning, you are halachically obligated to save him. Similarly, if you see someone drowning spiritually, you…

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Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin on Jewish Identity Post–October 7

We have to realize: These Jews are not going to an Orthodox shul. They’re not coming through the shul doors.…

IN FOCUS

Look a Little Harder

Who shops for the specialty items for the shul kiddush you enjoy every week? Who privately fundraises for boys and…

FAMILY

The Shochet (Vol. 1): A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

The same-but-different-ness of various historical periods is always a point of surprise. While circumstances change, human nature and emotion often…

PEOPLE

Canada’s Rabbi: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Reuven Bulka

Everyone, from the prime minister of Canada to local politicians, news reporters and the Ottawa chief of police issued statements…

HISTORY

Reviews in Brief – Winter 2024

Medinah, Halachah VeKavanot HaTorah; Living in the Land: Firsthand accounts from Bnei Torah and their families; Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Religious…

FROM THE DESK OF RABBI MOSHE HAUER

October 8th Dropouts: Reclaiming the Jews of Shame

We do not have reliable numbers with which to measure the relative strength of this trend, but it is there,…

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The Great Jewish Awakening

The most common Jewish reaction to rising antisemitism has not been laying low and hiding one’s identity, but rather an…

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