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Inside Out July 29, 2026

Divine Satiety

By: Yochanan Gordon

With most of our kids away in camp over the summer, I’ve been trying to focus on something that I’ve...

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Home July 29, 2026

Community Unites To Celebrate Holocaust Survivor David Einhorn’s 100th Birthday

Community unites to celebrate Holocaust Survivor David Einhorn’s 100th Birthday An extraordinary evening of remembrance, resilience, and celebration brought together...

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Food July 29, 2026

Love Is Served: Manischewitz® Matchmakers Premieres Across YouTube, TikTok, and Social Media

The wait is over. Manischewitz® Matchmakers, the first-ever reality dating show from the iconic Jewish food brand, officially premieres, bringing...

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Israel July 29, 2026

FIDF And Israel Ministry Of Defense To Establish New Rehabilitation Center For IDF Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injuries

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) and the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) have signed an agreement to establish...

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Israel July 29, 2026

First Cohort Of Wounded IDF Veterans With PTSD Completes Practical Electronics Engineers Training, Immediately Hired By IAI

Graduates (shown from behind for security reasons) with the program leadership: David Peretz, IAI; Yair Katz, Head of the IAI...

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Home July 29, 2026

The Mamdani Mask Is Off

By: Chaskel Bennett

We always knew who Zohran Mamdani was. But for those who held out hope that the activist might somehow change...

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Israel July 29, 2026

The Light Within The Darkness

By: Hillel Scheinfeld

I sit on the floor this morning in Beit Shemesh on Tishah B’Av, the day established by our Sages as...

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News & Politics July 29, 2026

Reps. Gillen and Malliotakis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Secure Justice for 9/11 Families and Victims of Iranian State-Sponsored Terrorism

Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04) alongside Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) introduced the bipartisan Never Forget the Victims of Terrorism: Joseph D....

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Home July 29, 2026

The Soundtrack Of A Generation

By: Ben Levi

There are few things that unite the Jewish world quite like a great song. Long before algorithms told us what...

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Torah July 29, 2026

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

By: Rabbi Chaim Bruk

Rabbi Chaim and Yanky Roberts, who drove the kosher food truck The truck with the kosher food in Bozeman before...

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Home July 29, 2026

Yeshiva University Wins Silver Telly Award for Video Celebrating Innovation and Discovery

YU’s film, called Innovation, won a Telly Award for excellence in video storytelling {IMG Innovation outlines the depth and breadth...

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Home July 29, 2026

Legacy Of Love: AMIT Yom Iyun Honors Rebbetzin Mimi Mehlman, a’h, and Mrs. Audrey Wagner, a’h

By: Rochelle Maruch Miller

Jackie Bitton served as keynote speaker at the AMIT event Beth Mehlman, daughter-in-law of Mimi Mehlman, a’h Genene Kaye, AMIT’s...

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Heard In The Bagel Store July 21, 2026

That Bar Mitzvah

By: Larry Gordon

Larry and parents with fruit boat One thing is clear to me—that day will never be forgotten. And the fact that I write about this event at least once a year illustrates to me that you, the reader, might never forget about it either even though you weren’t there. Later on, it would become known […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store July 15, 2026

That Week

By: Larry Gordon

This is the week on our annual calendar that is very different from all the other weeks. And it’s always been that way. Perhaps over the decades we’ve changed somewhat, but the week in question—this week—has somehow always managed to maintain its grit and character and essentially been the same regardless of what’s going on […]

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Understated Heroes

By: Larry Gordon

They do their work in a quiet and discreet fashion, but at the same time, with fierce determination. They are the women of Sister to Sister, an organization that provides multiple levels of support and assistance to women of all ages as they navigate the vicissitudes of divorce. My contact in Sister to Sister is […]

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Blueberry Yogurt

By: Larry Gordon

There were no yogurts on the store shelves for a few weeks because the machinery was being updated to meet the growing demands of the market. Having written the above paragraph, I’m wondering how I will be able to write a full essay on the subject of yogurt, including the various flavors, the taste, the […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store June 24, 2026

Those Post Cards

By: Larry Gordon

One of the requirements of summer back in the day was we had to write home at least once a week. To achieve that objective, our parents packed a number of stamped postcards so all we had to do was conveniently scribble out a few lines on the cards just to let them know we […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store June 17, 2026

Calendar Quandary

By: Larry Gordon

Summer is almost here. It’s hot outside, school is ending, seasonal plans are underway, and it’s time to start looking ahead while always keeping in mind the special days of years gone by. As I sit here, I’m conjuring up some of the most notable summer memories I’ve manage to collect over the years, baruch Hashem, […]

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Heard In The Bagel Store June 10, 2026

Florida In June

If Florida was created to escape the single-digit winter temperatures that we experience in New York, what’s the point of flying down to South Florida to trade hot, sunny days up north for hotter and even more humid days down south? This meteorological conundrum is about the old Florida that our bubbies and zaidesused to frequent. Today, the […]

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Israel July 29, 2026

FIDF And Israel Ministry Of Defense To Establish New Rehabilitation Center For IDF Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injuries

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) and the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) have signed an agreement to establish…

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Israel July 29, 2026

First Cohort Of Wounded IDF Veterans With PTSD Completes Practical Electronics Engineers Training, Immediately Hired By IAI

Graduates (shown from behind for security reasons) with the program leadership: David Peretz, IAI; Yair Katz, Head of the IAI…

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Israel July 29, 2026

The Light Within The Darkness

By: Hillel Scheinfeld

I sit on the floor this morning in Beit Shemesh on Tishah B’Av, the day established by our Sages as…

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Israel July 28, 2026

Summer Weddings And The Ubiquitousness Of Jerusalem

By: Moshe Phillips

The HuffPost website recently featured a young Jewish writer explaining what she wanted for her wedding: “I want Jewish traditions…

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Israel July 9, 2026

Presenting Israeli Real Estate in a New Hostile World

By: Miriam Gold, Marketing Manager

For over 40 years, Shelly Levine, founder and CEO of Tivuch Shelly Real Estate, has presented Israeli real estate to…

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Israel July 8, 2026

NBN Welcomes Inaugural Cohort of ZEI Fellows To Israel

This week, Nefesh B’Nefesh’s Zionist Education Initiative (ZEI) welcomed the inaugural cohort of its ZEI Fellowship to Israel, bringing together…

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Israel June 24, 2026

JNS Policy Summit In Jerusalem

Shalom Maidenbaum, Aharon Schreiber, and Montana Tucker Photo Credit Iris Maidenbaum Sid Rosenberg, Dr. Paul Brody and Limor Oratz, and…

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Israel June 17, 2026

The Pursuit Of The Unattainable: Israel’s “Deep State”

By: Ron Jager

No other country in the Western world has been forced to live under the constant threat of war, terrorism, invasions,…

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