I didn’t get the top IDF training. I haven’t jumped out of planes, steered wartime ships or detonated drones. But, I feel like I’ve been through a battle of my own, and I’ve lived to tell the heroic tale. I fought in the battle for Danny and Kylie, a jaded ex-Orthodox Jew and a hopeful […]
How This Instagrammer Is Killing It – But You’ll Never See Her Face She is the Kardashian of the kosher world on Instagram, with brands clamoring to work with her and a passionate fan base who would kill to bake challah with her. But it’s arguably not ChefChaya’s epic food porn or her feel-good vibes […]
If you are lucky enough to have a Super Bowl LII ticket and be a member of the tribe, the Orthodox Jewish community of Minneapolis has got an offer for you: “Be our guest!” With the game just over a week away and the teams competing already decided, football fans are preparing in all sorts […]
Dear Jew in the City, I’ve lived across the street from an Orthodox Jewish for family for 32 years. We have always gotten along and helped one another out. Can they be friends to anyone other than their religion? We also are getting a lot of Syrian Jewish in our town (by the Jersey Shore) and […]
Today, history was made, as the first Orthodox Jewish man qualified for the Olympics! Growing up Modern Orthodox outside of Boston, AJ Edelman always loved sports but never thought he would be going to the Olympics. He played hockey and refused a scholarship that would take him away from his yeshiva high school towards a […]
This past Friday night I did something I haven’t done in twenty years. I drove a car on Shabbos. Wait, wait – it’s not what you think. I had an infection in my arm that my doctor told me to watch closely. He gave me an antibiotic to treat it. If it got worse he said […]
