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Dear Jew in the City- If Hashem is our father and He loves us, how come he keeps on sending nisayonos (tests) to us. I know this is only for our best and we gain from it but it’s so hard that I get angry at Hashem and I don’t feel like I have what […]
That honey bear and you go way back, and you’ve been eating granny smith apples since you were a kid, but even if your knowledge goes as far as Clover vs. Orange Blossom, Honey Crisp or Pink Lady vs. Fuji, you might not have tried some of the varieties we’ve found to enliven your Rosh […]
The Jewish holiday of Sukkot is called z’man simchaseinu, (the time of our happiness), and as millions of Jews around the world have been rejoicing this week with festive meals, prayers, concerts, and family outings, some antisemites tried to dampen the mood. On Wednesday night, a modern Orthodox shul in LA was left shocked when […]
Exactly six months to the day after congregants at Tree of Life, a Conservative Synagogue, were gunned down by a White Supremacist, another of his ilk, on the other end of the country, showed up at a Chabad House, an Orthodox Shul, with the same intent: to kill as many Jews as possible. As the […]
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In a world obsessed with devices, it occurred to me that we are living in an age where silence dominates many situations. Silence between couples, silence between families, silence everywhere you turn as people tap, tap, tap on their devices. What an isolating existence. But what if there was an antidote to silence? What if […]
Big Bang Theory star, Mayim Bialik, asks Jew in the City can science and religion work together in a Jewish framework? While there are some Orthodox Jews who believe in a literal account of the creation story, many of us hold that the events must be understood another way. RAMBAM, also known as Maimonides, stated […]
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At the 2nd Annual Jewish Media Awards, held at Lincoln Center on November 12, 2024, actor Jonathan Lipnicki presented the Keter Shem Tov Award to the crew of “We Will Dance Again” for their courageous and compassionate storytelling in the wake of tragedy. The documentary, distributed by Paramount (which recently merged with Skydance), centers on […]
Grab your caramel popcorn. We’ve got something to celebrate! Reality television doesn’t have a great track record when it comes to representing its cast members positively or fairly as increased drama equals increased eyeballs. The risks only multiply when the subjects are Orthodox Jews, a group often vilified in the media. But Aaron Zutler, co-founder […]
