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July 28, 2026
Summer Weddings And The Ubiquitousness Of Jerusalem
The HuffPost website recently featured a young Jewish writer explaining what she wanted for her wedding: “I want Jewish traditions...
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Food
July 28, 2026
Schmerling and Herman Jensen Liqueurs Are Back, Along with Delicious New Flavors
Good news for consumers who have been missing some of the most delicious liqueurs from Switzerland/Italy, and the Netherlands. Schmerling...
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Torah
July 28, 2026
Eretz Yisrael in Birkat HaMazon
By Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon In Parashat Eikev, the Torah gives us the mitzvah of Birkat HaMazon: “And you shall eat and be satisfied, and bless...
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Torah
July 28, 2026
Eikev: It’s All Here!
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva and Dean of Toras Chaim South Shore, is a beloved talmid chacham, prolific author and columnist. A grandson of...
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Torah
July 28, 2026
The Foundations Of A Torah Life: Derech Eretz And Character Development
Although Sefer Bereishit contains only three mitzvot, it is included in the Torah to convey foundational values regarding Divine interaction with the world...
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Torah
July 28, 2026
Rabbi Eliyahu Shapira: Author of Elyah Rabbah & Elyah Zuta
Rabbi Eliyahu Shapira (1660-1712) was born into an illustrious rabbinic family in Prague. His father, Rabbi Binyamin Wolff Shapira, was...
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Torah
July 28, 2026
Eikev: Remember The Journey
As Moshe Rabbeinu prepares us for our entry into Eretz Yisrael, he is gripped by a series of profound fears. He worries that...
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Advice
July 28, 2026
A Seat For Every Child: Bringing Kids Of Divorce Back To Shul
With the Yomim Noraim approaching, many families look forward to shul as a place of connection and inspiration. Unfortunately, for single parents and...
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Advice
July 28, 2026
Life Insurance: More Than Just a Safety Net
In the early stages of a marriage, life insurance is typically viewed through a lens of simple survival. It is...
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Uncategorized
July 28, 2026
Dearly Departed
Recently I was called by someone with a halachic question. If a widow or a widower remarries, do they stop observing the yahrzeit practices...
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Advice
July 28, 2026
Being Vulnerable: Cancer, Chemo, And A Kinder Worldview
Have you ever been truly vulnerable? Have you ever been fully reliant on others, or fought through pain and doubt...
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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...
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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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Heard In The Bagel Store July 8, 2026
Understated Heroes
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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Heard In The Bagel Store July 1, 2026
Blueberry Yogurt
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
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
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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July 28, 2026
Summer Weddings And The Ubiquitousness Of Jerusalem
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
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”
No other country in the Western world has been forced to live under the constant threat of war, terrorism, invasions,…
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Israel
June 10, 2026
Disappointment Is Not Despair
I have written about this subject before, and unfortunately it is time to revisit it once again. It was about…
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Israel
June 10, 2026
Ambassador Huckabee And The Eyes Of Yehoshua And Calev
By Juda Honickman Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to sit across from Ambassador Mike Huckabee at his Jerusalem…
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Israel
June 10, 2026
96 Years Of Saving Lives: Magen David Adom Marks Anniversary with Reunion Event
Magen David Adom Team During the Swords of Iron War Magen David Adom MDA Reunion Kobi Hershtal & Eli Bin…
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