A look back at Jewish life in Boro Park in the mid-twentieth century
Summer 2020 (5780)
Memories of Boro Park
Concerned that “Orthodoxy was diminishing in America,” a group of high-profile lay leaders came together to strengthen Orthodox Judaism and increase its role in the…
"'You’re throwing me out?' she cries in disbelief as she drives off to the third social engagement of the day, a day after we’ve gone…
What one individual’s determination and perseverance can accomplish.
How mindfulness is helping students cope with stress and anxiety
What is mindfulness? When you are able to be in the quiet and find tranquility and empathy. What is Jewish mindfulness? When in that quiet,…
This book moved me for the values that Rav Hirschprung embodied even while literally hovering between life and death.
"I picked up the book, all 550-or-so pages of it, settled into an overstuffed sofa in my host’s living room, and didn’t put it down…
How does the Jewish community raise a generation of readers?
There are still many more chapters in the story of the Jewish publishing world that remain to be written.
