Issue

Volume # 85

Summer 2025(5785)

In this issue
The Editor’s View  
From the Pages of Jewish Life

The Editor’s View  

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan briefly served as editor of Jewish Life, the precursor to Jewish Action, in 1974. During his tenure, he wrote the following editor’s note, which was published amid the Watergate scandal and the Arab oil embargo.

Dementia in Halachah
Family

Dementia in Halachah

Caring for individuals with dementia presents profound halachic, ethical, medical and emotional challenges. 

Voices of Valor 
Cover Story

Voices of Valor 

Almost two years after October 7, these women are continuing to raise their voices—writing, speaking, standing strong and making sure the world listens. 

Debbie’s Story
History

Debbie’s Story

Debbie Rosen was a resident of Gush Katif for more than twenty years. A photographer, she worked as the spokesperson for the Gush Katif municipality, handling both the foreign and the Israeli media.

Reviews in Brief – Summer 2025 
Jewish Law

Reviews in Brief – Summer 2025 

Rabbi Hershel Schachter’s Collected Writings, I; 1.8 Million Minutes and Counting: Celebrating & Contemplating My First 40 Years in Jewish Broadcasting; Hifkadti Shomrim: The Journal of the Israel Police Rabbinate, vol. 1

Keeper of the Tefillin
Family

Keeper of the Tefillin

I marveled at the timelessness of our mesorah. Here I was, employing twenty-first-century technology to preserve nineteenth-century tefillin—the same ones my great-grandfather had wrapped around his arm each morning.

Test Your Kosher Travel IQ 
Jewish Law

Test Your Kosher Travel IQ 

With the rebound of travel in the post-Covid-19 world, an Orthodox Jew may find him- or herself facing halachic quandaries. Take the following quiz to find out how much you really know about kosher travel.