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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...

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From the Editor July 21, 2026

Mamdani’s Delusional Miscalculation

By: Larry Gordon

The socialist/communist dingbats who think they’re on an upward path to someday lead this country are in all seriousness one...

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Home July 21, 2026

Yeshiva University To Launch New Graduate Program In Business Ethics And Jewish Law

New online program prepares Torah-observant professionals to bring halachic clarity to the business world. This fall, Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac...

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Torah July 21, 2026

Did You Look Forward To The Geulah?

By: Dr. Alan A. Mazurek

I’ve been accused of not only looking forward to the geulah, but of being obsessed by it. My columns, essays, and...

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Inside Out July 21, 2026

G-d’s Shidduch Résumé

By: Yochanan Gordon

By the time you read this, we will find ourselves between Tishah B’Av and Tu B’Av—the two holidays that stand...

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Home July 21, 2026

JD Vance Be Advised: Being Jewish Is Not A Provocation

By: Ron Jager

Israel is fighting a just war for its very survival. On October 7, Israel stood on the brink of annihilation,...

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Torah July 21, 2026

Yad L’achim’s “Tu B’Av Together” To Feature Livestreamed Events & Global Day Of Tefillah For Shidduchim

By: Sarala Genuth

More than 500,000 Jews around the world are expected to unite in tefillah for each other, this Tuesday, July 28...

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Home July 21, 2026

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly 

You would think that with the enormous failures that can be traced to Rahm Emanuel and his respective bosses, failures...

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Torah July 21, 2026

Jerusalem Itself Consoles

By: Sivan Rahav Meir

There are hardly words to describe this past Shabbat. Dozens of police officers who were wounded in the line of...

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Real Estate July 21, 2026

Don’t Look For Shortcuts

By: Anessa Cohen

The first time I saw the movie “The Money Pit” with Tom Hanks and Shelly Long, I laughed so hard...

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Torah July 21, 2026

The Benefit Of Seeing

By: R’ Mordechai Young

When I learned in yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv, I heard a great story about the founder, Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, zt’l, who passed away in...

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Torah July 21, 2026

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

By: Rabbi Chaim Bruk

Rabbi Chaim Bruk standing alongside Dan while he recited Psalms It’s summertime in Bozeman, the time of year when we...

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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 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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Israel June 10, 2026

Disappointment Is Not Despair

By: Dr. Alan A. Mazurek

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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Israel June 4, 2026

Heroines Of October 7 On Stage And Livestream

By: Toby Klein Greenwald

HEROINES! Songs & Soliloquies for the Soul Credit: Rebecca Kowalsky HEROINES! Songs & Soliloquies for the Soul Credit: Sharon Altshul…

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