Hamas textbooks: Torah and Talmud ‘fabricated’

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Hamas has introduced new textbooks into schools in the Gaza Strip that characterize the Torah and Talmud as “fabricated,” The New York Times reported. Gaza schools...

Women of Wall service quiet, but without Torah scroll

JERUSALEM (JTA) – About 200 Women of the Wall held their monthly morning service at the Western Wall, but were refused permission to bring their own Torah scroll to...

Rav Yerucham Olshin’s New Purim Sefer

A Review by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Until now, Purim was not as geshmak as the other Yomim Tovim throughout the year.  Why was this so?  Because until now,...

Halachic Musings: Marry My Ex — Please!

No, the headline is not a Henny Youngman joke. Rather, it was the basis of a question that was posed recently to two outstanding gedolei ha’dor: Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein,...

Fatally Flawed: How Our Kashrus, System Is Designed For Failure

This is the first of a series of two articles on kashrus. Most people are aware of the recent allegation that Restaurant Depot seems to be the main supplier of...

Pedagogical Superstar: Steinsaltz Center Scholar Yehudit Shabta

  There are many who consider the purveyors of Jewish knowledge to be primarily male. While male commentators and scholars tend to invite the attention and accolades, in reality, some...

Hebron: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Readers of last week’s column are aware of our trip to the Holy Land. As I type this, we are still in Eretz Yisrael, situated in Bnei Brak and...

35 Halachos to Remember on Rosh Hashanah

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman 1. There are three main aspects to Rosh Hashanah. It is the time when we declare Hashem King. It is the time when we are all...

Do Doctors Always Get a Mitzvah?

A lawyer once told of a surgeon who lined up his surgeries back-to-back-to-back in order to maximize his income. He would have an assistant close up the stitching as...

Censoring Gratitude

As a general rule, one should not get involved with a rasha; it usually doesn’t end well. This is so that a person does not end up “owing him...
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By Reuben M. Gampel As the months pass since the horrific attacks of October 7 by Hamas, it becomes all too easy to lose track...

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