Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk z”l passed away late Thursday night at almost 104 years old. The author of The Caine Mutiny, War and Rememberance and This is My God was a WWII veteran who fought in the Pacific and went on to win accolades for his writing. Rabbi Yonason Denebeim has known Wouk for […]
This past Tuesday, a security camera in Williamsburg Brooklyn caught a young man sneaking up on a Hasidic Jew on the street and punching the back of his head. This attack appeared to be completely random, with no provocation. The young man then fled the scene. As if this event is not shocking and troubling […]
Dear Rebbetzin Chaya- I feel embarrassed to be wearing the same kippah as so many other Jews who make such a bad impression during Yeshiva break or Chol Hamoed. I see people cutting other people off, parking terribly, pushing in line, being rude to amusement park or museum staff or visitors or the non-Jews on […]
As the number of people infected with measles in the Orthodox Jewish community continues to grow due to a recent outbreak , so does the media attention surrounding it. More and more of our fans have reached out to us asking us to clarify that Orthodox Jews who don’t vaccinate are not doing so […]
By now everyone has heard how fifty super wealthy parents, including Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, were arrested for committing fraud to get their children into college. My story – one of a young woman, who fought against all odds to get an education – will never make the news. I grew up in an […]
Baruch C. Cohen, a Los Angeles civil litigation attorney, has taken a special interest in creating awareness in the community about the dangers of chillul Hashem, which literally means a “desecration of God’s name” and is used when a Jew does something that bring shames to Judaism. “I appear in court, state and federal, and […]
