Can you imagine the suffering of a child being repeatedly cruelly molested and tortured by a relative, in a family member’s house, with their knowledge?! Can you imagine the suffering of an innocent Bochur who is set up and marries such a girl and experiences hell, thinking he is the source of the issue? How I (and many others) were zoche to such suffering, I do not know. An Op-Ed by Anonymous
Where do they get the bureaucrats get the gall to presume that for the hundreds of thousands — millions! – of children in New York State, they alone possess the wisdom to chart the educational course for each of these children? An Op-Ed by Rabbi Shimon Posner
If you have read the article in the NYT “In Hasidic enclaves , Failing Private schools Flush with Public money”, you may be wondering what the other side of the story is. This Op-Ed, written by Ben Samuels, brings a different viewpoint to the topic.
A lesson can be learned from the Yellow Star Myth of Danish resistance during World War II, and applied today as the State of New York attempts to take away a right reaffirmed by the Supreme Court.
History has a way of repeating itself. Aliza Bas Menachem brings the parallels of Soviet Russia and modern political entanglements in this riveting Op-Ed.
Talking is easy, doing is hard, and keeping motivated is even harder. Montrealer Shmarya Richler tackles the difficult part of exercise with this Op-Ed.
By now you are eating less vitamin K and have cut down on your portion size. Apparently knish sales are down 50%. So now, let’s talk about the other component of a healthier lifestyle.
There is an epidemic that no one is talking about. It’s more contagious than covid. It’s more contagious because we get it from ourselves. Op-Ed by Shmarya Richler
As the Chasidic world gears up to face off with the New York State Board of Education, professional Shlomo Newfield wants everyone to be honest about Yeshiva Education.
We’ve seen the world just get shaken up and enlightened as to what is happening unfortunately in regards to abuse. Mendy takes the global lesson and narrows it down, into our own community.
Depending on who you ask, Thanksgiving can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Zvi Gluck of Amudim makes gratitude and Thanksgiving personal, by asking you also to be a giver.
It has been said there are no atheists in foxholes. I would add nor are there any in surgery beds. A True Story by Shoshanna Silcove
Dear Antisemite, a message to those who hate the Jewish people. Rabbi Chaim Bruk is a Rabbi and Chabad Shliach in Bozeman, Montana.
Rabbi Zvi Gluck is the CEO of Amudim, an organization dedicated to helping abuse victims, those struggling with addiction and mental health issues within the community, and has been heavily involved in crisis intervention and management for the past 20 years.
Struck by the tragedy that befell the Jewish people in Meron this Lag B’Omer, Mrs. Rochel Kaplan of Chabad Maryland penned a heartfelt essay on the depth of the tragedy and the underlying beauty that it represents.
Making a shidduch is an incredible zechus. Something many people in our community strive to achieve. Making suggestions has become infinitely more accessible in the age of social media if only people would get past some basic misconceptions.
Rabbi Kopel, a resident of the Holy City of Tzfat, Israel, and a Spiritual Coach and a Rabbinic Attorney in training, faces off against the widespread passing around of misguided vaccine information, and boils it down to one question. Are you willing to be responsible for someone’s death?
Sadly, after the events that took place in Washington yesterday, our great country reached a new low. Opinion author Dovid Goldbaum faces the reality of what occurred in the second impeachment of President Donald Trump, and how the same can happen against the Jewish people.
The outcome of the recent banning of a sitting US President from multiple social media platforms can only have two possible endings, either badly for the platforms, or badly for the people of the United States. The Lubavitch Heightser breaks down the monumentally bad decision and outlines the possible courses of action.
Aliza BasMenachem traveled across at least one state on her way to the massive “Save America” rally that took place yesterday in Washington DC. As an insider, she penned her experiences and thoughts on the troubling and confusing day.
Zvi Gluck is the CEO of Amudim, an organization dedicated to helping abuse victims and those suffering with addiction within the Jewish community says thank you for everything that 2020 have provided.
After an Op-Ed was published with 10 Reasons for a Frum Person to Vote for Trump, Avraham Yosef Baez, Devorah Leah Backman, Laura Melnicoff, and Miriam Levy-Haim of Ker A Velt penned 12 Reasons for a Frum Person to Vote for Joe Biden.
