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![]() Elchanan PoupkoThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
“Three prophesied with the term eicha : Moses, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. Moses said: “Eicha–how– can I bear alone…” (Deuteronomy 1:12)....
I will never forget the story of the fellow who went to visit Russia in the 1990s without knowing a single word of Russian. After taking a taxi from...
Yuh-Line Niou will be the first member of Congress to run while openly declaring her support for the BDS movement. Even Ilhan Omar, when first...
As these lines are being written, Israel’s “law of continuity” is making its way through the Knesset halls, with the possibility of becoming the...
It was one of the highest and lowest points in the relationship between the young state of Israel and the Vatican. Pope Paul the 6th came for a visit...
I was recently asked why is it that I, as a rabbi, speak about politics at all? “Shouldn’t you only speak about Torah and Jewish topics?” I...
Dear Class of 2022, I write to you today in a way I have never written to a graduating class before. The festive note, listing your achievements...
The repeated attacks against Chabad and Rabbi Berel Lazar for servicing the Russian Jewish community should have each and every one of us asking: if...
Alongside tens of thousands coming out in the heat, I marched on Fifth Avenue in the Celebrate Israel Parade. Together we marched, sang, and...
MK Bezalel Smotrich suggested not long ago that his political rival, Naftali Bennet, is no longer welcome in synagogue. Sadly, this highlights the...
One of the big differences between Israel’s and America’s Jewish communities is the ability of the Haredi to celebrate national holidays. From...
The Russo-Japanese war resonates in many ways in Russia’s recent war on Ukraine and has changed the world more than most realize. Russia’s...
The Board of Deputies of British Jews sent shockwaves through the Jewish world in its treatment of an Israeli Knesset member after he arrived in...
Over the past few months, I have heard privately and publicly from too many orthodox Jews about their feelings of loneliness and isolation. They...
Dear Rabbi Lopiansky, I was moved by your article in Mishpacha Magazine titled “For This We Weep,” an important milestone acknowledging the...
The suicide of serial abuser and known children’s author highlights three of the greatest tragedies orthodoxy has seen—the past, the present, and...
In the most recent issue of Jewish Action, writers addressed orthodoxy’s demographic growth, yet lowering retention rates and lower rates of...
If you read only Parshat Vayeshev, you would remain forever depressed and see no point in life. Joseph, Jacob’s beloved son, is almost...