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The Center of Our Nation Ensuring a befitting Yom Tov for our cherished yungerleit We say that seeing is believing, but in truth, much of what we experience and see in this world is illusory and false. Only in the Olam Ha’emes will we be able to see things with clarity and truth. Imagine the […]

The Shabbos Project Is Spreading Salvation for the New Year Our hearts are filled with both hope and trepidation in these days preceding the great yom hadin. As we reflect on the last year, the potential severity of our upcoming judgment is all too clear. The tragic events of October 7, 2023/Simchas Torah 5784 and […]

Leaving Lakewood? The out-of-town kollel experience Weiss The streets are empty of traffic. There’s no social pressure. With free schooling and cheap housing, the ends meet easily, with room to spare. The birds sing, people smile and wave, and life is perfect and beautiful. Where is this utopia? Many believe it’s just a few hours […]

Malky Brejt As the weather turns crisp and fall-colored clothing are displayed in store windows, our children pack up their school bags and board the bus, headed back for another year of learning. We send them to school to learn Chumash and math, Gemara and science, but education covers a far broader range than that. […]

Fundamentals As our student-aged population reenters the world of education, we explore the deeper layer of chinuch: the core of Yiddishkeit, the essence of who we are. A conversation with renowned educational speaker and Tell Me the Truth author Rabbi Chaim Veshnefsky Elisheva Braun “Many years ago, when I was running a kiruv organization in […]

Next-Level Rescue A talk with Elimelech Esterzohn, CEO of Hatzolah of Central Jersey Rachelli Silver Photos by Yanky Elbogen Every kid wants to be a hero. Lights and sirens are the stuff of all little boys’ dreams. But what happens when they grow up? What happens when that itch matures into a sincere desire to […]

Elisheva Braun   He scans the room. The high-ceilinged hall is packed with kids, some bouncing in their chairs, others squirming in their wheelchairs. Some wave their hands wildly, eager to be called up on stage, others stare wide-eyed at the puppets and props or gaze off into the distance, seemingly lost in a world […]

Compiled and photographed by Sarah Einhorn of BeenThereDoneThatTrips.com The Finger Lakes Region in New York is named for the 11 narrow lakes (mostly in the direction of north to south) below Lake Ontario. Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake are the two largest and probably the most popular of the Finger Lakes. The town of Ithaca […]

Goldie Stein was a shining light. Through the darkness, her mother and teacher are lighting the path for geulah. Elisheva Braun   A girl named Goldie Goldie Stein was a regular girl, but a very extraordinary girl at the same time. “It wasn’t a case of ‘acharei mos kedoshim emor.’ I knew that Hashem had […]

Yes, R’ Meir Levi, R’ Shlomo Lewenstein, and R’ Tzodek Katz are engaged. Not just in making shidduchim, but in ensuring that every chosson gets to feel like one. Tzipora G. Becoming a chosson marks one of the most joyous milestones in a young man’s life, as he’s about to embark on a beautiful new […]