This Week's Edition

By Baila Sebrow Question Last year, after my father’s complications from COVID-19 left him unable to return to work, I had to stop learning full-time in order to take over his...

Question Today I went to a well-known clothing store in Brooklyn and asked for a dress for my cousin’s wedding. The frum female owner took one look at me and...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch F is for friends and family. Or fleishig. Or Faigie. She called me as I stood in front of the poultry display at Gourmet Glatt. I didn’t...

By Yair Hoffman Alexander Hamilton appears on the ten-dollar bill. There is a Broadway musical about him, as well as bestselling novels. But despite an appearance at Yeshiva University, and...

By Larry Gordon When our longtime columnist Esther Mann told us a few weeks ago that she would be discontinuing her weekly Mindbiz articles, it was sad for us inasmuch...

By Yochanan Gordon I always wondered why we celebrate Rosh Hashanah before Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is known as the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment, while Yom Kippur is...

By Larry Gordon You are probably aware of the renewed interest in Florida for many people from far-flung locations in the U.S. but it seems that nothing has attracted more...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch I love shock value. I can’t help it, it adds so much to conversation. An important distinction is that I don’t embellish stories and I don’t need to...

By Larry Gordon Whichever way COVID is going to manifest this year, the reaction will likely be different and even creative. And considering that Israel has been at the forefront...

By Yair Hoffman Before anyone gets upset about the headline, let’s briefly review three important insights and obligations in life. This author’s rebbeim, zichronam livrachah, always stressed that we are...