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Remembering Herman Wouk

It was clear to me that to Wouk, nothing was more important than gaining clarity into God’s message to mankind—the…

PEOPLE

When I First Met My Grandfather

‘I’m a very short person; I can’t see what’s on top of your head. But I see what’s in your…

JEWISH THOUGHT

A Most Obscure Best-Selling Author: Dr. Philip Birnbaum

What is perhaps even more remarkable is that a 19-year-old Polish immigrant attained such a high level of fluency in…

INSPIRATION

Our “You People”Community

Ordinarily, the phrase, “You people…” has been a cringeworthy preface to some insult. “You people think you’re chosen.” “You people…

INSPIRATION

On Mothers

[My mother] taught me that there is a flavor, a warmth, to mitzvot. I learned from her the most important…

TRIBUTE

On Rav Kook’s 70th Yahrtzeit: Rabbi Kook’s Vision—Timely or Premature?

Rav Kook was acutely aware of the danger threatening the Zionist vision if brought to fruition on the waves of…

TRIBUTE

The Custodian

In his four decades at Sotheby’s, the renowned auction house, David Redden presided over many memorable sales.1 Among the most…

COVER STORY

The Jewish Observer: Champion of the Orthodox Right

In March 1970, Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner expressed concern about the state of public opinion among America’s Jews. He described the…

INSPIRATION

Yachad’s Beloved Trailblazer: Remembering Caryn Pollak on Her First Yahrtzeit

Caryn Esther Pollak was born at a time the world believed that children with Down syndrome could never learn to…

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…

PEOPLE

Ben Zion Shenker: The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing

By David Olivestone This past November, on the Friday evening of the week in which Ben Zion Shenker, z”l, passed…

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