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Maamorei Mussar The main story this week, of course, is the holiday of Purim. This year has brought us Purim meshulash, which means that we...

Supreme Court Delays Decision on Bnei Yeshivos This week, before I begin my report on political news and the ongoing fight against coronavirus, I must...

The Passing of Rav Chaim Meir Wosner zt”l This week, we suffered the loss of another tzaddik. The recent spate of tragedies has left all...

The Pain of Losing Tzaddikim This time, it will not be easy to write about our experiences over the past week. First of all, we...

The Virus Does Not Kill; The Vaccine Does Not Give Life Things are getting worse. We don’t need to see the statistics or the numbers...

Hospitals Buckling Under the Burden of COVID Patients The coronavirus is still one of the dominant topics in the news in Israel. The number of...

The Supreme Court Takes on Yiddishkeit This week, we will begin our discussion of the latest news involving the Supreme Court. The wheels of justice...

Another Terror Attack in the Binyamin Region Meanwhile, another terror attack, which nearly ended in murder, took place in the Binyomin region. The attack took...

The Price of Envy and Egotism There are times when I think that Israel ought to envy countries such as Sweden or Switzerland, where the...

Knesset Disperses New Elections Set for March 23 This week, two major issues have dominated our attention. The first is the ongoing Covid pandemic, as...

The Hellenists of Our Day There is a minority within the State of Israel that does not like religious Jews and takes every opportunity to...

Will the Vaccine Be Mandatory? Israel is getting ready for the Covid vaccines. Pfizer and Moderna, the two pharmaceutical giants, have each produced their own respective...

Are Netanyahu and Gantz on the Same Page? In the world of Israeli politics, there is complete chaos. It has begun to seem as if...

Israel in Paralysis Things are not calm in Israel. Many parts of the government are paralyzed—such as the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, which determines the government’s...

A Year of Coronavirus A year has passed since the world began coming to a screeching halt. The coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan, China, last December....

Israel’s Real Problem Personally, I don’t really think that a Biden presidency would be catastrophic for Israel, although his vice president might be a disaster....

All Eyes on America As I write this, all eyes are on America. There is one question on everyone’s mind: Will the election be won...

Dancing at the Kosel Last week, I mentioned that with the loosening of the nationwide lockdown, the Kosel would be reopened to mispallelim. My prediction...

The New Zman Begins The new zman, as you certainly know, began this week. Under ordinary circumstances, the zman would have begun on Rosh Chodesh...

The Hakafos We Will Never Forget None of us will ever forget Sukkos of the year 5781, and we will certainly never forget this year’s...