US figure skater Alysa Liu, made a remarkable comeback, winning an Olympic gold medal last week after taking two years off from her sport. Fans noticed the joy that was infused into her routine. Her story isn’t just inspirational for the regular reasons. It is also bizarrely connected to the Makom branch of our organization, […]
On a recent cold February evening, Hillel Adler and his son Jacob attended a New York Knicks game together, donning brand-new jerseys. While it may have looked like any other father-son outing, for the Adlers, moments like this don’t always come easily. Jacob has cerebral palsy, which means that everyday plans and outings require extra […]
UPDATE 1/21/26: Since this article was first published, Elie Kligman has made history. This spring, the University of Michigan Baseball program welcomed Kligman as the first Orthodox Jew to play Division I baseball, where he joined the team as a catcher. Now 22, Kligman is a graduate student at the university and continues to balance […]
Black Orthodox Jews are under double the scrutiny. By not feeling like they fully fit into either group, they have experienced both the uptick in Anti-Semitism that the last year brought, as well as the roller coaster aftermath of the George Floyd murder and subsequent protests. Raphi ‘Hebro’ Fulcher grew up as the son of […]
Before a judge was even publicly assigned to preside over the criminal case against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Manhattan federal court, the online reaction had already taken a familiar turn. In corners of social media where facts rarely slow speculation, Israel and Jews were invoked. Then the assignment was announced: Senior U.S. District Judge […]
In a week when many Jews were glued to the New York City mayoral race with anxiety and dread, a very different kind of story was unfolding quietly in the Midwest. In University Heights — a suburb of Cleveland with the largest concentration of Orthodox Jews in Ohio — Michele Weiss, an Orthodox Jewish woman, […]
