Tu B’Shvat and witches are an unlikely pair but the two have roots that go farther back than one may think. Interest in witchcraft has been rising in the last few decades, particularly among women, millennials, and minorities. There already was a growing movement toward the occult in the second decade of the 21st century, but the pandemic […]
Modesty is not a word you’d typically associate with a former Playboy Bunny. Yet Crystal (Harris) Hefner, widow of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, just turned to Instagram to express how her values have taken quite an unexpected turn in the last five years since her husband passed away. She posted about how she’s been on […]
Jonathan Josephs, an Orthdox Jew who works at the BBC World News Channel, made a historic first when he presented the news on live television while wearing a yarmulke. He works as a show producer for the network, but had to step in last minute when the anchorman of the World Business Report went home […]
In the past month, the Orthodox world has watched in horror as a beloved author was exposed as one of the most contemptible predators. His cowardly and cruel final act against his victims has cemented him as Exhibit A for a generation: This is what a rasha (wicked individual) looks like. When we hear stories such as […]
Christmas Eve has been a historic night for antisemitic violence throughout history, and this past Thursday night, Christmas Eve violence came to NBC’s Law & Order SVU. The episode focused on attacks in New York City targeting the Orthodox Jewish community. As hate crimes against Jews (particularly Orthodox Jews) have been up all over the […]
Masbia, a nonprofit kosher soup kitchen network and food pantry, sent volunteers and a truck filled with grocery items for the victims who were displaced in the Bronx fire. The founder and director, Alexander Rappaport, is a Viznitz Hasid who created Masbia to have an attractive and clean restaurant where any hungry New Yorker can […]
