Shabbos at All Costs
Binyamin Rose and Rachel GinsbergTel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau has been battling to reshape the character of the the city he has called home for the past 56 years. But what will Shabbos in Tel Aviv of the future look like, as city officials turn a blind eye to the public desecration of the holy day? Will businesses be forced to compete on Shabbos too — or else suffer the dire financial consequences?
One Move Ahead
Baila RosenbaumHousing costs in established Jewish neighborhoods are pricing young, frum families out of the market, while opportunities to come in on the ground floor of new communities are beckoning. Many young families are taking the bait and opting to move “out.” But is all the idealistic talk about building a new kehillah really for everyone — and what’s the trade-off if you’re a hopelessly “big city” person?
Twins Apart
Tzippy YaromJack Yufe and Oskar Stohr were born identical twins, yet one brother was raised as a Jew, the other a member of Hitler Youth. Years later they finally met and became one of the world’s most famous pair of researched twins — separated in infancy and raised in diametrically opposed environments, yet possessing uncanny similarities in both mood and manner.
The Pittsburgh Protests: All Politics All the Time
Yonoson Rosenblum The old rule — “no enemies on the left” — still applies
Yonoson Rosenblum The old rule — “no enemies on the left” — still applies
Is Ktchong! a Mitzvah? When Prayer and Charity Collide
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman These cannot both be done effectively at the same time
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman These cannot both be done effectively at the same time
What’s your favorite Motzaei Shabbos niggun?
Riki Goldstein From the holy and separate back to the mundane
Riki Goldstein From the holy and separate back to the mundane
My Way or the High Way
Rebbetzin Debbie Greenblatt We know what we want — but do we know what He wants?
Rebbetzin Debbie Greenblatt We know what we want — but do we know what He wants?
