Malkie Hirsch: Making Plans
By Malkie Hirsch
We had plans.
Things to look forward to in the future, while raising the beautiful family we created together.
The Sunday lunches we’d embark upon once the boys would...
The Karpoff Difference
By Larry Gordon
Sometimes there are things in life that are just too difficult to get done—and that is where Marilyn Karpoff comes into the picture.
Marilyn has a fascinating story...
From Good To Great: YU Online Course Teaches Rabbis The Art Of Public...
By Rochelle Maruch Miller
Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and affiliate Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) recently launched “Drashas and Shiurim: From Good to Great,” a continuing rabbinic...
Loneliness vs. Solitude
By Malkie Hirsch
“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.”
—Paul Tillich
It’s funny how last week I wrote all about meeting the coolest...
‘The Empty Wagon’: A Review Of R’ Yaakov Shapiro’s Attack on Zionism
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro’s "The Empty Wagon" is one of the most controversial books to hit the Orthodox world in decades. Its 1,373 pages deal with the...
Broken But Fixable
By Malkie Hirsch
A couple of months after Moshe died, things in our house started breaking. And I don’t mean the color printer (which hasn’t worked in months).
I mean the...
Heard in the Bagel Store: Shidduch Fraud
Why is it that in these somewhat advanced and contemporary times we allow the idea of seeking matrimonial matches for our children — shidduchim — to be equated with...
Dating Forum: Raped on a Date
Question
Something terrible happened to me, and I’ve told no one about it, because they will blame me and say it was my fault. It happened one night on a...
Malkie Hirsch: Life Is Better With Alana
By Malkie Hirsch
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we...
Bagel Store: Heartbroken
By Larry Gordon
“Your father is here; he sees you and will guide you, but you just cannot see him.”
Those words were spoken to two of my grandchildren on Friday...
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