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August 26, 2026
YU-RIETS Semichas Chachamim: Building A Community Of Talmidei Chachamim
Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz Rabbi Willig teaching a shiur Rabbi Akiva Willig For men of all ages who have spent years...
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From the Editor
August 26, 2026
Jared And Hakeem
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Credit: Office of Representative Hakeem Jeffries Just two weeks ago, first son-in-law Jared Kushner met...
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Inside Out
August 26, 2026
Protecting The Head
Last year I merited the following chiddush: The word Elul is a conjunction of the letter aleph, which is a reference to Alufo Shel Olam, Master of...
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Heard In The Bagel Store
August 26, 2026
School Daze
Can you imagine yeshiva classes beginning in mid-August back when you were in school? I remember once receiving a notice...
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Torah
August 26, 2026
Some Thoughts On Yehuda Katz, OBM
After 44 years, Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz was finally laid to rest on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives after being...
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Torah
August 26, 2026
The Greatest Pleasure You’re Not Pursuing
The internet, magazines, and podcasts are filled with advice about happiness. There are top-ten lists, life hacks, experiences to pursue,...
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Home
August 26, 2026
Black and White Again
In the 1980’s people became infected with what I call the “Ying and Yang” fetish. Everything was translated into Black...
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Food
August 26, 2026
Figs Forever
The last days of summer are coming, even though we all hope they will stretch on just a little while...
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Home
August 26, 2026
Do You Feel Safe Wearing Jewish Symbols In Public?
In a recent poll by the Baltimore Jewish Times, people were asked: “Do you feel unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public?”...
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Advice
August 26, 2026
Helping Your Kids Without Sinking Your Own Retirement
It’s no secret that managing expenses is a real challenge for a lot of families in our community. Even relatively...
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Home
August 26, 2026
What Is A HIPAA Authorization And Why Is it Essential for Incapacity Planning?
When most people think of estate planning, they focus on documents that take effect after death, Wills and Trusts. However,...
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Torah
August 26, 2026
All In The Name Of Hashem
At Kehillat Aish Kodesh in Woodmere this past Shabbat, the Morah d’Asra, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, shlita, gave a powerful exhortation about the need...
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Current Issue
Heard In The Bagel Store August 26, 2026
School Daze
Can you imagine yeshiva classes beginning in mid-August back when you were in school? I remember once receiving a notice at home when I was going into sixth grade notifying us that school was going to start either August 29 or 30. But that was about all I was willing to take. I told my […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store August 19, 2026
A Misjudgment And Apology
For the past 26 years, the 5TJT has been highly selective and careful not just about the stories we cover and report on, but the ads we accept and sometimes reject. Last week, I made a mistake in allowing a full-page ad for the sale of cannabis that set off a small furor in our community. And […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store August 12, 2026
Country Roads
Fifty years ago, I knew the Catskills roads so well that I was able to drive them at high speeds at night with my headlamps off. I knew all the twists and turns and curves, and my hands could navigate the car as if by instinct. I was adept at Lake House Road and the […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store August 5, 2026
More Zohran
What I appreciate about Mayor Zohran Mamdani are his crisp, finely tailored white shirts and thin black ties he wears. Beyond his sartorial choices, I’ve rarely encountered a political figure as openly hostile and, shall I say, contemptible as he is. People say all the time that Mamdani bristles with anger toward many groups, but […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store July 29, 2026
Those Summer Days
It might be the most coveted and enjoyable season of the year depending on which part of the world you reside in. Although it’s summer in the northern hemisphere, it’s winter in locations like Melbourne, Australia and Johannesburg, South Africa, but nothing like your typical New York winter. With Tishah B’Av now behind us, baruch Hashem, […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store July 21, 2026
That Bar Mitzvah
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
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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Israel News
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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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Israel
August 5, 2026
Amid Israel’s Growing Teacher Shortage, Nefesh B’Nefesh and Israeli Government Launch National Educators Aliyah Program
Co-Founder of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass; Israel’s Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Ofir Sofer; Co-Founder of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Tony…
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Israel
August 5, 2026
The UK’s Targeted Campaign Against Israeli Families Must Stop
This summer, anti-Zionist politicians in the UK have started another unfair attack against Jewish families and communities in Judea and…
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Israel
August 5, 2026
American Jewry Is Drifting From Israel—Now We Know Who Taught It
When a third of American Jews tell pollsters that Israel is committing genocide, the reflex in Jerusalem is to blame…
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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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