Winter 2021(5782) 5782

Why would anyone want to take on a role with such an overload of responsibility?

The gabbai’s klap is a tool, nurtured by tradition and minhag, that when used judiciously can help ensure that everything goes right.

With the release of Pew’s latest report some months ago, we asked some of the same contributors [from the 2013 report] to analyze the newest findings while reflecting back on their suggestions from eight years ago.

There has to be a concerted effort from our rabbis, lay leaders and the Orthodox media to impress upon our communities . . .  what a tragedy the Jewish nation is experiencing outside the safe walls in which we are ensconced.

For the most part, a child raised in a healthy, happy home does not have a desire to go elsewhere.

Today American Orthodox Jewry is vibrant, confident and politically savvy. But its current state is, in no small part, due to the efforts of a number of determined and fearless individuals who were dedicated to the cause of Klal Yisrael.

Jewish Action writer Faigy Grunfeld discusses the role of the shtadlan throughout Jewish history with Dr. Henry Abramson.

As long as Jews have lived in the Diaspora there have been prominent members of the Jewish community who have advocated for Jewish interests with those in positions of authority.

Seeing how a small group of students ultimately altered the course of Jewish history was a dream come true for Birnbaum.

Irving Bunim was larger than life, a galvanizing figure because his motivation was always pure. He had no ego.