Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Cantor Joseph (Yossi) Malovany has been the chazzan at Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue Synagogue for the past thirty-eight years. Born in Tel Aviv, he studied at the Bilu… Read more
David Olivestone
The OU Takes On Another Face
It was just eighty years ago that the familiar Orthodox Union (OU) logo was created to be placed on the labels of twenty-six Heinz products, among the first to be certified OU kosher. The logo—the… Read more
The Sound of My Thoughts
I often hear people talk about the awakening power of the sound of the shofar—how awesome a moment, how inspiring an experience it is for them. From the perspective of one who blows the shofar, the… Read more
How to Buy a Shofar
If you don’t already own a shofar, it’s better to first learn how to blow on a borrowed shofar before buying one. When you do go to the store, you need to find a shofar that is right for you …… Read more
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Frum and Fit: Are We Fulfilling Our Torah Obligation to Take Care of Our Bodies?
Coming from the holiday commemorating our receiving of the…
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Linking Ruth to Bereishit
By Yehuda Berenson In 1616, Rabbi Joel…
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Relating Pirkei Avot to Modern Times
Relevance: Pirkei Avos for the Twenty-First Century By Rabbi Dan…
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The Starbucks Talmud
The ArtScroll Digital Library Schottenstein Talmud App, Version…
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First Impressions of the Koren Talmud
Koren Talmud Bavli By Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz Koren…
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Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine: Healthy, Simple & Stylish/The Bais Yaakov Cookbook/Temptations/Dash
Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine: Healthy, Simple &…
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The Yom Kippur War : An American Volunteer Remembers
By Irwin H. Krasna It was Yom Kippur, October 6th, 1973,…
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Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?
About a decade ago, a short time after I arrived in Oak Park,…
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The Courage to Serve: A Chareidi Woman in the IDF
By Fayga Marks Photo: Israel Sun An eight-year-old girl,…
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Please Put the Women Back In
I am an artist. Dealing with images is my stock and trade, and I…
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Life As a Happy Single Person
I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides…
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Touching Our Teens’ Neshamos
A quarter of students who come to college as Orthodox Jews…
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Confessions of a Kosher Organic Junkie
By Rachel Wizenfeld Melding my Berkeley organic roots with…
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Rising to the Occasion: Reviving the Practice of Standing up to Honor One’s Parents
“In the period that will precede the coming of Mashiach . . .…
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The Social Media Revolution: What Does It Mean for Our Children?
Shlomo Hamelech teaches us that there is nothing new under…
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