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Aug 7, 2026, 6:10 PM

Just a Shabbes. An Inner Magnet of Jewish Cultural Code

Michael Rogatchi (C). Freilax. Daily Miracles collection. Oil on canvas. 77 x 94 cm. 1995. The Rogatchi Art Collection.

Recently, we were lucky to attend a very nice Shabbat gathering on Friday evening, almost literally at the serene Baltic shore of Jurmala in Latvia, near its capital Riga. One can say that it has been one of many Shabbes...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:54 AM

When Kosher Food Goes Up in Flames

Fire at the Agri Star Meat & Poultry facility in Postville, Iowa. (Photo courtesy of Fayette County Iowa EMA)

The kosher community has recently suffered several huge losses. At 3:56 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, a fire devastated the Agri Star Meat & Poultry plant in Postville, Iowa, one of the largest kosher meat-processing facilities in the United States....

Aug 4, 2026, 8:35 PM

Undaunted: The Sixth Rebbe in the Jewish Civil War

Cover of "Undaunted."

The 2025 book Undaunted: How the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Josef Yitzhak Schneersohn Saved Russian Jewry, Reimagined American Judaism and Ignited a Global Jewish Renaissance, covers an enormous amount of ground, all of it backed by extensive endnotes. Rabbi...

Jul 31, 2026, 8:39 PM

The Drone That Was Certain

Every military in the world is now confronting a frightening new reality. A weapon no longer needs to cost millions of dollars to cause enormous damage. A relatively inexpensive drone can fly hundreds of miles, carry an explosive payload, and...

Jul 31, 2026, 12:06 AM

From Rebbe to Jung to Quantum Physics: The Truth that Less Means More.

Chassidic teaching offers a profound paradox: “The true Yesh is Ayin.” And “The Ayin is the true Yesh.” Translated: the only real “something” is the “nothing” of self-effacement before God, and that “Nothing” is the only true “something”. At the intersection...

Talyah Ginsberg

Jul 29, 2026, 9:37 AM

Maftir, Mikveh and the Seagulls Who Observed No Boundaries

My father is a courteous man. This is why, before beginning the maftir on Shabbat, he did not turn around and announce, “If the gentlemen conducting the parallel service would care to finish first, the rest of us can...

Jul 28, 2026, 10:23 AM

Finding My Way Home: Parashat Va’etchanan Through the Eyes of the Husiatyn Rebbe

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Dedicated to my father, Alexander ben Rachel, with a prayer for his complete and speedy recovery—a refuah shleimah. Part I. The Prayer That Changed the Future Every year, as I read Parashat Va’etchanan, I return to the same question. Why did Hashem...

Jul 27, 2026, 12:41 PM

Judaism is Not a Religion

It has been awhile since I took to these pages. This past March the Ayatollah Kohmeni sent ballistic missiles to Israel which unfortunately kept us from attending our grandson’s bar-mitzvah in America. My beautiful wife and I took the...

Jul 27, 2026, 4:24 AM

Dancing in the summer rain

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The day camp's young women staff splashed in puddles as I recalled other young dancers whose story makes me cry and prayed that this joyous day of rhythm would recur

Michael Feldstein

Jul 23, 2026, 11:53 PM

A Grandson’s Pitch: Continuing a Legacy of Jewish Pride in Stamford

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Rabbi Levi Feller is a popular young teacher who lives in Stamford, CT, who teaches at the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy, the local day school. The son of the Chabad rabbi in Minneapolis, MN, he absorbed the message of the...

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