Yeshivas And The Pandemic, Here And There
By Larry Gordon
Last week, many young men from England arrived in Israel for their year in yeshiva in Israel. The early arrival was precipitated by the decision not to...
Chat With Betty – Are you Going or Growing Through Life?
By Betty Gulko
“Don’t judge my path if you haven’t walked my journey.” This powerful one-line statement applies to everyone in life—rich, poor, old, young. Some more than others, some...
Personality Tests
By Yair Hoffman
Personality tests have become so ubiquitous that it is now a two billion dollar industry in the United States alone, and some estimate that it is actually...
A rabbi from Hungary will be the German army’s first rabbi chaplain since the...
(JTA) — The thought of leaving his native Hungary to study Judaism in Berlin “seemed totally crazy” to Zsolt Balla when he first considered it.
“I mean, Germany of all...
The Great Pet Debate
Today, a majority of American pet owners consider their pets not just mere animal companions. Rather, their pets are considered full-fledged members of the family. Often the passing of...
Meron, Stolin, And Preventing Future Losses
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
We in the Torah community have had a series of tragedies of late that are truly heart-wrenching. Rachmana litzlan, 45 korbanos in Meron with many injured....
Met Council: Always There
By Larry Gordon
The first question for the affable CEO of the Met Council, David Greenfield, 42, was how we reconcile the general image of Jews and the great financial...
Branding And Marketing Expert Joins Faculty Of LCM
Touro’s Lander College for Men has appointed branding and marketing expert Dr. John Tantillo as a full-time assistant professor of marketing and management.
Dr. Tantillo, who appears weekly on John...
Aliyah Chronicle 2.0
What Being A Mother In Israel Means To Me
By Jessica Cutter
I have waited too long to be able to write these words—I am a mother in Israel.
The opportunity to...
Levaya of Donny Morris A”H
The Levaya for Habachur Nachman Daniel ben Aryeh Tzvi (Donny Morris) z”l
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IDF kills at least 4 Palestinian terror operatives in West Bank arrest raid; 2...
(JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces killed at least four Palestinians during an operation to arrest terrorist operatives in the West Bank.
Two Israelis were...
Aisav’s Tears and AOC’s Tears
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The headlines blasted how in today’s vote on Iron Dome funding – which passed 420-9, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) both...
YUConnects Celebrates 500th Engagement
YU’s unique relationship-building resource caters to entire Jewish community
New York, NY, September 23, 2021 – What began 13 years ago as a local effort...