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Jul 3, 2023, 7:42 PM

Follow Pinchas: Be a Zealot for Marriage Education

The expression of zealousness for preserving Shalom Bayit ("peace of the home") and the institution of marriage was displayed in dramatic fashion in the combination of last week’s Torah portion of Balak and this week’s Torah portion of Pinchas. As...

Andy Blumenthal

May 28, 2023, 6:02 AM

Lessons in Peace, Inclusion, and Humanity

In this brief video, there are three stories from my recent Caribbean vacation, which include a conversation with a waiter about peace between Israelis and Palestinians, feeling unwelcome in a synagogue, and connecting with a stranger from India. I am...

Elchanan Poupko

May 25, 2023, 6:27 AM

Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking Is a Wakeup Call

Netflix’s Jewish Matchmaking series highlights a topic long ignored by too many: the life of people who are not married in the general Jewish but especially Orthodox community. While this topic is often referred to as a “singles crisis”...

May 18, 2023, 10:17 AM

On being fruitful and actually multiplying

In this week's parsha, Bamidbar, Moshe and Aaron, at Hashem's command, conduct the tribal census. The outcome: 603,550 males between the age of 20 upwards who are fit to go out to the army, plus 22,000 Levite males over...

Tzipora Lifchitz

May 9, 2023, 3:37 PM

Mic drop at the ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ premier

Matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom speaks to potential client Cindy in Jerusalem in an episode of 'Jewish Matchmaking.' (Courtesy: Netflix)

I worried that Netflix would get Orthodox Jewish dating wrong - until I realized that they aren't the ones in the wrong

Chava Berman Borowsky

May 4, 2023, 12:40 PM

Jewish Matchmaking with Aleeza Ben Shalom

I have a confession to make. My guilty pleasure more than anything else in the world is watching reality TV. I love The Kardashians, Survivor, and Love is Blind. Also really cheesy pointless ones like Too Hot to Handle...

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