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The JITC’s 3rd Jewish Media Awards: The Greatest Night In Jewish Representation

Allison Josephs, founder of JITC Credit: JITC Media Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall will host the JITC’s 3rd Jewish Media Awards on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026 Credit: iStock Kevin Bright...

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Torah

Vayera: Hashem’s Problem

Reb Yosef Friedensohn, z’l, was a Jewish hero, Holocaust survivor, journalist, historian, and man of faith. Metaphorically speaking, he had earned the “seven diplomas” from the seven German “universities” of murder...

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Food

Nuts for Nuts: Tips for Making the Most of ‘em!

Nutcrackers used to be a mainstay in people’s homes. I know I am aging myself when I reminisce about this. A fancy hostess gift might have been a deluxe nut...

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Tivuch Shelly Real Estate: The Only Vote That Will Lead You Home to Israel

This Election Season, Make Your Next Move a Home in Israel! Big News! Shelly Levine of Tivuch Shelly is coming back to the U.S.! If you’re considering buying property in...

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Real Estate

Phase In, Phase Out

Like everything else in life, styles come and go. Cycles of what’s in and out change like the wind. Real estate patterns work the same way. One year, everyone is...

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Torah

My Journey To Becoming A Yoetzet Halacha

By Yaffa Setton As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved learning Torah. As a student, I excelled in my Judaic subjects and I remember studying every pasuk and Rashi...

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Health / Nutrition October 28, 2026

Coming Of Age

By:  @premingerplasticsurgery

There are certain weekends that make you acutely aware of the passage of time. Not because anything particularly dramatic happens,...

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Torah October 27, 2026

Touro University Unveils Project Zikaron, A Digital Archive Preserving Jewish Communities Worldwide

Touro University unveiled Project Zikaron, a digital archive containing more than 1.2 million pages of historical materials documenting over 16,000...

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Advice October 27, 2026

Protecting Your Money From AI Scams

By: Jack Strulowitz

Almost every family has a story about a phone call that sounded legitimate, a polite voice from the bank’s fraud...

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Torah October 27, 2026

How To Control Desire

By: Rav Reuven Taragin

Due to the problematic and potentially addictive nature of desire, the Torah instructs us to actively restrain it (Shem. 20:14)....

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Torah October 27, 2026

What A Vote Cannot Decide

By: Rabbi Moshe Taragin

Hashem is unlike anything in the world He created. No physical description captures His essence. Whenever we describe Him, we...

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Advice October 27, 2026

Make America Grateful Again

By: Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox

One of my weekly shiurim focuses on the laws pertaining to the Beis HaMikdash and the sacrifices that were offered there. We recently studied...

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Advice October 27, 2026

Why Funding Your Trust Matters

By:  HaasZaltz.com 

Part 3: Advanced Funding Strategies for Complex Assets When your portfolio includes more than a home and a few accounts,...

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Home October 27, 2026

You’re Saying Good. Say Better: The Top Ten Elite Yeshivish Words And Expressions (Part 3)

By: By Ben Levi

For those joining us for the first time, this series began with a conversation overheard in a yeshiva carpool and...

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Uncategorized October 21, 2026

Do You Know, Let Alone Celebrate, Your Hebrew Birthday?

By: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Our phones know our birthdays, social media reminds our friends, Google Calendar sends notifications, and restaurants and retailers remind us...

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Torah October 21, 2026

What Does It Mean to Dedicate a Torah Class to Someone?

One question in the chat caught me by surprise recently. Some 4,000 women had registered for an open class on Parashat...

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Heard In The Bagel Store October 21, 2026

Here We Go Again…

By: Larry Gordon

After all these decades of traveling here and there, I’ve assumed a different and a somewhat less prominent role. You...

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From the Editor October 21, 2026

A Funny People

By: Larry Gordon

Who out there is going to argue that Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul are the best leadership team New York...

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Heard In The Bagel Store October 21, 2026

Here We Go Again…

By: Larry Gordon

After all these decades of traveling here and there, I’ve assumed a different and a somewhat less prominent role. You see, last Sunday evening at a yahrzeit seudah for my bother Binyomin (his first), I attracted an inordinate amount of unwanted attention which I would have preferred not to. In short, I was walking into another room […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store October 14, 2026

Could We Live Here?

I’m enamored and intrigued by those Nefesh B’Nefesh ads that appear here on occasion promoting events that encourage and facilitate aliyah, promoting the idea that American Jews should emigrate to Israel. I literally love the idea of moving to Israel, but after spending ten days here on several occasions (I’m not saying that’s my limit), Esta […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store October 8, 2026

Jerusalem Diary

The streets are crowded—actually, they’re overcrowded unlike anything we’ve ever seen in Jerusalem. The last time I saw anything like this was during Shavuos several years ago when hordes of people began heading to the Kotel at 4 a.m. and earlier. So, this year we split the chag. That is, we were in New York for the first […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store September 23, 2026

Kosher Strike!

By: Larry Gordon

Three young men from the neighborhood decide to buy a bowling alley—no, that’s not the start of some joke. It’s a true story and I met the three people who recently bought Woodmere Lanes at 948 Broadway in Woodmere. And while I haven’t checked with ChatGPT, this might be the first glatt kosher Shomer Shabbosbowling emporium in […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store September 16, 2026

Four Soldiers

By: Larry Gordon

The painting “Four Soldiers” by the artist Chava Roth has been on the front page of the 5TJT issue prior to Rosh Hashanah last year as well as this year. As you may recall, it depicts two IDF soldiers wearing kippahs walking through the Old City alongside two Chassidic men wearing taleisim and shtreimels, and I always imagined it was Rosh Hashanah […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store September 9, 2026

The Right Shul

By: Larry Gordon

I know some people who have never been in more than one shul during their entire adult lives. Now that I think about it, I prefer moving around, trying different shuls. Do you think that’s a good idea or not? The fact of the matter is that when I was too young to cross a […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store September 2, 2026

Eleven Months

By: Larry Gordon

My brother Binyomin, a’h, has three great daughters: Perel, Naomi, and Malkie. Let me tell you two things about them. Perel is named after my sister-in-law Sandy’s grandmother. Naomi is named after my paternal grandmother. And Malkie is named after my maternal grandmother, my mother’s mother, Chaya Malka. My brother Binyomin was sadly niftar almost 11 months ago. Since, […]

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Israel October 21, 2026

Why I Would Seriously Consider Buying Property In Israel Today

By: Ben Levene

I’ve just spent a week in America, speaking to people about buying property in Israel, and I came away thinking…

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Israel September 9, 2026

Buying New Construction In Israel? Why Tivuch Shelly Is The Name Buyers Trust

By: Tivuch Shelly Real Estate

For decades, buyers looking for property in Israel have turned to Tivuch Shelly Real Estate, not simply to find a…

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Israel September 2, 2026

More Than 1,100 North American Olim Make Aliyah This August, Marking Record Month of Aliyah

Credit Sivan Shachor More than 1,100 North American olim have made aliyah in August, marking a record-breaking month of aliyah. Last week, close to 100 olim arrived…

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Israel August 27, 2026

Why Am I back?

By: Moshe Gerstley

I’ve just completed a dynamic few months interning at the Jerusalem Post, penning several published pieces, including two op-eds. I…

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Israel August 12, 2026

ZAKA Search & Rescue Provides Kavod HaMeit During Busiest 24 Hours Of 5786, Responding From Tragedy To Tragedy

ZAKA Busiest Day ZAKA Search & Rescue volunteers worked virtually nonstop through a succession of tragedies across Israel and internationally…

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Israel August 11, 2026

Nefesh B’Nefesh Celebrates Its 100,000th Oleh With The President Of Israel

President Isaac Herzog welcomed NBN’s 100,000th North American Oleh to the President’s Residence Photo Credit Yonit Schiller President Isaac Herzog…

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Israel August 5, 2026

140 New Immigrants From France Arrive In Israel On Special ‘Families Flight’

New Oleh arriving in Israel. Credit: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration A total of 140 new immigrants from France arrived…

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Israel August 5, 2026

1,700 Young Jews From Around The World Gather In Tel Aviv For Birthright Israel Summer Event

Approximately 1,700 young Jewish adults from around the world attended Birthright Israel’s main summer event Tuesday night at the Tel…

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