If it weren’t so infuriating, it would be funny. Since the IDF withdrew its forces from Khan Younis on Sunday, Palestinians have been trickling back into the city, and the mainstream leftist media is all over it, using every eye-catching adjective they can muster. “Stunned Palestinians” returned to their homes, the AP breathlessly reported. It […]

I am writing this letter as a parent and fellow Yid (at least that’s what I thought I was). My family is not from the Lakewood, Jackson, Howell, Brick, Toms River, etc. communities. We would most likely be considered “out of towners,” but yesterday, Purim Day, we found ourselves in one of the above listed […]

It is hard to ignore the exciting ‘collecting’ brochures coming in the mail or found tucked away in the folds of a magazine. They display the most awesome-looking and enticing prizes. The organizations sending these brochures are noteworthy indeed, and they certainly deserve Klal Yisroel’s support. After all, are they not helping our suffering brothers […]

Dear Senator Schumer, I am a long time Brooklyn resident and supporter of yours. I have defended you among colleagues even when it was unpopular to do so, as when you delayed in opposing president Obama’s support for the Iranian deal. More recently, I pointed to your sincere and personal condemnation of antisemitism from the […]

As many people are well aware, an event scheduled to take place in Flatbush on Tuesday was canceled over a planned protest by pro-Palestinian activists outside the venue, which is a shul. As someone who was involved in the event and its ultimate cancellation, I have some information that others may not be privy to. […]

With all the talk about the age gap that exists in shidduchim, the general problems with the current shidduch system are forgotten about. But unfortunately, even when taking out the age gap crisis, things in the “market” are going quickly from bad to worse. I know it, because I’m living it. Here’s what just happened to me, […]

As a recent graduate of a mainstream Bais Yaakov school in Lakewood, I find myself in a unique position to address a specific aspect of the pressing issue of the shidduch crisis within our community. While I do not have any brilliant solutions to the crisis, I have two suggestions for changes in how we […]

In my role as a therapist for adolescents and young adults, I’ve observed a growing trend that concerns me deeply: the embrace of overly affectionate, “lovey-dovey” therapeutic practices. This approach is inadvertently harming the very individuals it seeks to protect. The rise in depression and anxiety among our youth is alarming, a phenomenon supported by […]

Thank you for raising awareness about the important issue of reviews. If one looks online and sees the reviews written on our locally owned businesses, some of them are extremely biting and can really harm the frum owners’ parnassah. One negative review written in frustration can totally negate a whole bunch of positive reviews in […]

I would like to raise awareness about an important issue that warrants more attention from us. The issue is the negative reviews that people leave on locally owned businesses within our very own community and the havoc they cause. Once that negative impression is etched in a consumers mind, it is extremely difficult to remove […]