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September 8, 2026
It’s OK To Take Care Of Yourself
It’s OK To Take Care Of Yourself As you know if you are a regular reader of my column, I...
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Advice
September 8, 2026
DATING FORUM
Question I recently listened to the 5TJT podcast in which you were interviewed by Esta and Larry Gordon and something you said...
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Advice
September 8, 2026
Serenity Now
It’s Kinda Chic To Get Acupuncture It’s kinda chic to get acupuncture whether it is for the first time, or...
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Torah
September 8, 2026
Rosh Hashanah—How We Get Hashem to Remember
The Torah identifies two principal aspects of Rosh Hashanah. First, it is a day of teruah (horn blowing), and its purpose is zikaron (remembrance)....
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Torah
September 8, 2026
Rosh Hashanah: In It Together
Rebbe Pinchas Menachem Alter, zy’a, the Pnei Menachem of Ger (d. 1996), was widely respected as a wise and unassuming tzaddik and was...
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Torah
September 8, 2026
Rosh Hashanah: The State of Hashem in Our World
Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment. The fate of individuals is weighed, and the course of nations and empires...
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Torah
September 8, 2026
Fruit-full And Multiplied
In my family, we host a Rosh Hashanah “seder” each year. Part of this is related to my wife’s Sephardic...
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From the Editor
September 2, 2026
That Time Of Year
It’s almost here. Selichos. The cooking and related preparations are underway. Most of Rosh Hashanah is an interplay between your heart...
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Heard In The Bagel Store
September 2, 2026
Eleven Months
My brother Binyomin, a’h, has three great daughters: Perel, Naomi, and Malkie. Let me tell you two things about them. Perel is...
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Uncategorized
September 2, 2026
Between Rupture And Idealism
There is a longstanding tradition in preparation for the Yomim Noraim for people to undertake new resolutions—to generate additional merits as we...
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Torah
September 2, 2026
Triumph Against All Odds: From The Sulamot Music Program To Radio City Music Hall, How Midgal Ohr Enabled Shani Levy to Achieve Her Dreams
Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman is the founder of Migdal Ohr who recognized Shani Levi’s musical talent Atara Solow, executive director,...
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Torah
September 2, 2026
Leaving A Mark That Will Last A Lifetime
One night at the Western Wall in the midst of Selichot prayers, I wondered when the thousands of teenagers around me would...
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 2, 2026
Eleven Months
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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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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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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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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