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Meet Michael Borkow: A Comedy Writer Who Takes His Judaism Very Seriously

     Photo: Tim Sullens Smack dab in the middle of a prolific Hollywood career, writing and producing such monster-hit shows…

INSPIRATION

Soldiers of God: My Time in Nahal Haredi

As a new immigrant to Israel, I volunteered for a two-year stint in Nahal Haredi. During the course of my…

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From NCSY to Nahal Haredi

Josh Tresser, nineteen, of Cleveland, Ohio, had plans to graduate public high school, go off to college in Colorado and…

JEWISH LIVING

Putting the “Unity” Back Into “Community”

Mention Edmonton, Alberta, and what comes to mind? The very name evokes a shiver, conjuring images of blizzards and bitter…

JEWISH LIVING

Minyan on the Mississippi

On a recent Friday afternoon, Rabbi Uri Topolosky, the thirty-something-year-old spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel in Metairie, a suburb…

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A Living Lesson in Inclusion

Meet Eli Gorelik, the eighteen-year-old gabbai whom Tifereth Israel’s 200-member congregation has come to respect and rely upon. He’s likely…

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Zvi Ryzman

From the Boardroom to the Beit Midrash—And Back Again In the pages ahead, we profile an unusual group of talmidei…

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Bernie Rosenberg

Some people reclaim the past, while others are reclaimed by it. Bernie Rosenberg has gone both ways. His connection with…

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Elihu Levine

Forty-five years ago, when Elihu Levine was an electrical engineer working for ITT Corporation, he was assigned to work on…

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The Maharal: His Life and Works

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Maharal’s death, we present several articles highlighting the enormous intellectual and spiritual…

BOOKS

The Adventure of the Maharal of Prague in London: R. Yudl Rosenberg and the Golem of Prague

In this essay, Shnayer Leiman, professor of Jewish history and literature at Brooklyn College of the City University of New…

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