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A Seat At The Table. A Line In The Sand.
The uncomfortable realities of political influence, communal principles, and the responsibility we all share. Few things magnify frustration, skepticism, and cynicism like an election. Endorsements trigger outrage. Political alliances invite...
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Health / Nutrition
The Illusory Horizon: A Critical Examination of Psychedelics
In recent months, a number of widely circulated podcasts have highlighted the personal journeys of their guests with psychedelics, specifically drugs like Ayahuasca and DMT. Often the tone is alluring,...
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Torah
Three Small Stories, One Important Message
The following are three special messages I received this week which I’d like to share here. Each is beautiful and moving in its own right, but together they reminded me...
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Letters to the Editor
Blaming Bibi Is No Excuse: A Rebuttal To Governor Kathy Hochul
Blaming Bibi Is No Excuse: A Rebuttal To Governor Kathy Hochul Dear Editor, Governor Kathy Hochul’s statement on the eve of October 27, before the Israel elections got underway, that...
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Torah
My Endorsement For This Election Season
Election season is upon us in two countries we love. Israel’s election happened on October 27, and America’s is coming up on November 3. Two elections, just one week apart,...
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Home
200 guests gather to support experienced professionals seeking their next opportunity
Aim Hire founding managing director Tzipora Grodko Aim Hire Founder Joey Goldzal Rabbi Keevy Fried, Aim Hire’s executive director 200 guests gather to support experienced professionals seeking their next opportunity...
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Education
October 28, 2026
YU Direct Gives High School Students a Head Start on Their Future
New program accepts exceptional students to a Yeshiva University graduate degree program before they even begin college. Yeshiva University has...
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Home
October 28, 2026
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...
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Torah
October 28, 2026
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...
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Food
October 28, 2026
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....
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Home
October 28, 2026
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...
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Real Estate
October 28, 2026
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...
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Torah
October 28, 2026
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...
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Health / Nutrition
October 28, 2026
Coming Of Age
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
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
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
Hashem is unlike anything in the world He created. No physical description captures His essence. Whenever we describe Him, we...
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Current Issue
Heard In The Bagel Store October 28, 2026
My Tefillin Adventure
One of the temporary casualties of my mostly unusable right arm is how to get my tefillin on my left arm while in shul each morning. As I mentioned last week, I missed a step in a relative’s house and suffered a hairline fracture of the humerus bone, which is located between the elbow and the shoulder. […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 21, 2026
Here We Go Again…
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!
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
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
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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Israel News
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Israel
October 28, 2026
As The Midterms Approach, So Does The Islamist Domino Effect
With the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, the sudden outbreak of extreme violence in France, Belgium, and Italy by…
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Israel
October 21, 2026
Why I Would Seriously Consider Buying Property In Israel Today
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
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?
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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