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Beyond Deplorable Mishpacha Magazine March 27, 2024
The Enduring Gifts of Our Fallen, Hy"d Mishpacha Magazine January 23, 2024
By His Faith Will He Live Mishpacha Magazine November 28, 2023
Israel is Fighting a Just War Mishpacha Magazine October 24, 2023
Tzniyus and the Preparation for Yom Kippur Mishpacha Magazine September 20, 2023
Viewing Ourselves Honestly; The Perfect Gift Mishpacha Magazine September 5, 2023
A Time for Taking Stock Mishpacha Magazine August 15, 2023
THE CHIEF RABBI HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK — AGAIN Mishpacha Magazine July 18, 2023
The Least Crazy Society (Part 2) Mishpacha Magazine June 20, 2023
The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner June 9, 2023
Can't Anyone Think Straight Here? June 1, 2023
Evil Destroys Itself; Unreal Insight -- the Chazon Ish April 29, 2023
My Very Good, Really Wonderful Week: Making the Omer Count Mishpacha Magazine April 18, 2023
Brotherly Strife -- And Its Price Mishpacha Magazine April 3, 2023
A Lot to Laugh About Mishpacha Magazine March 15, 2023
Thinking Out of the Box; It's Bashert Mishpacha Magazine March 13, 2023
The Least Crazy Branch January 31, 2023
Eternity Envy Mishpacha Magazine January 13, 2023
Spreading the Word; We are Always Preparing for a Test January 3, 2023
The Strength of Our Spiritual Genes: Look agaain Mishpacha Magazine December 20, 2022
Chanukah and Jewish Identity Mishpacha Magazine December 13, 2022
The Extent of Hakaras HaTov; Back in Print; Once Gone, Lost Forever Mishpacha Magazine November 30, 2022
Teshuvah: Move Forward, Don't Dwell on the Past Mishpacha Magazine September 28, 2022
Why So Upbeat on Yom HaDin; The Micromitzvah App is Here: Next Time, Chezky Mishpacha Magazine September 20, 2022
A Naked Political Bribe Mishpacha Magazine September 6, 2022
Courage -- From Where Does it Come? August 23, 2022
No Shortcuts to Mourning Jerusalem; A Time for Everyone and Everything Mishpacha Magazine August 16, 2022
The Full Meaning of Pro-Life Mishpacha Magazine August 9, 2022
Giving Daily -- Even a Little -- Is the Key Mishpacha Magazine August 3, 2022
I'll Be There: The "Woke" Nightmare Mishpacha Magazine July 27, 2022
Roe Begone Mishpacha Magazine July 17, 2022
Big News at the Supreme Court: The Bomb Thief and Other Curious Cases Mishpacha Magazine July 7, 2022
Remarkable Folks -- Each inTheir Own Way Mishpacha Magazine June 21, 2022
A Ringside Seat to Klal Yisrael's Chesed Mishpacha Magazine March 22, 2022
On Acquiring Wisdom; TThe Failed Iran Deal -- Again Mishpacha Magazine March 2, 2022
No Soul Left Behind Mishpacha Magazine January 11, 2022
No Soul Left Behind Mishpacha Magazine January 11, 2022
Restoring Trust Mishpacha Magazine January 5, 2022
Profiles in Courage -- Not Mishpacha Magazine December 30, 2021
The Mistaken Premise of Israel's Entry Policy Mishpacha Magazine December 28, 2021
Lessons for the Good Life Mishpacha Magazine December 22, 2021
On Creating a "Father" Mishpacha Magazine December 7, 2021
I've Got a Secret: Tishrei Thoughts for the Entire Year Mishpacha Magazine October 7, 2021
What Are They Choosing Mishpacha Magazine September 29, 2021
Needed: A Paradigm Shift Mishpacha Magazine September 9, 2021
Finding Our Mission in Chesed Mishpacha Magazine August 31, 2021
A Ray of Light Mishpacha Magazine June 16, 2021
In the Wake of Meron Mishpacha Magazine May 12, 2021
Unfathomable on Every Level Mishpacha Magazine May 5, 2021
Blood,Sweat, and Tears Mishpacha Magazine April 21, 2021
Wine Reveals What is Inside Mishpacha Magazine February 25, 2021
Dealing with Disappointment Mishpacha Magazine February 10, 2021
No Easy Road to Truth Mishpacha Magazine December 23, 2020
Peeling Away the Parashah's Layers; Science is not the Yellow Brick Road Mishpacha Magazine December 2, 2020
Teshuvah Made "Easy": Genuine Remorse Mishpacha Magazine September 23, 2020
Better Together: The Lessons They Left Us Mishpacha Magazine September 16, 2020
For the Love of Mom; That Was a Jewish Mother Mishpacha Magazine August 20, 2020
For the Love of Mom; That Was a Jewish Mother Mishpacha Magazine August 20, 2020
Testing Positive; Our Forgotten Great Deeds Mishpacha Magazine August 12, 2020
A Word is a Word; An Unexpected Gift Mishpacha Magazine July 8, 2020
What Are They Smashing? Mishpacha Magazine June 24, 2020
Those Who Chose to Stay Mishpacha Magazine May 20, 2020
It's Not About LIfe vs. Money Mishpacha Magazine April 29, 2020
The Gift of Life Mishpacha Magazine April 22, 2020
The Intellect and the Exodus Mishpacha Magazine April 1, 2020
A Journal of the Plague Year (with apologies to Daniel Defoe) Mishpacha Magazine March 27, 2020
Guiding Light or Dead Hand? Mishpacha Magazine March 4, 2020
The Side of Aspiration February 26, 2020
On Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin Mishpacha Magazine January 23, 2020
Why Not Take a Stand on China? Mishpacha Magazine January 15, 2020
His Portion Was Sweet Mishpacha Magazine January 8, 2020
Grabbing the Daf Amidst the Flames Mishpacha Magazine January 1, 2020
Where's the Follow-Up Mishpacha Magazine December 18, 2019
Never Alone Mishpacha Magazine November 27, 2019
Just One Shabbos; Step Out of the Picture Mishpacha Magazine November 13, 2019
The End of King Bibi? Mishpacha Magazine October 10, 2019
A Lesson in Fundraising; It's Not So Simple Mishpacha Magazine August 14, 2019
What is Sinas Chinam?: Expressing Mutual Admiration Mishpacha Magazine August 7, 2019
Women Surviving and Thriving at Work Mishpacha Magazine August 7, 2019
Strive for What Binds Us Mishpacha Magazine June 12, 2019
Our Hidden Power Mishpacha Magazine May 22, 2019
Many Limbs, One Body; Quality Trumps Quantity Mishpacha Magazine May 8, 2019
No Shortcuts to Great Kds Mishpacha Magazine April 3, 2019
Holy Battlefield; Readers Write Mishpacha Magazine March 13, 2019
Words That Flow Like Water Mishpacha Magazine March 6, 2019
Asei Lecha Rav Mishpacha Magazine February 27, 2019
Behind a Shared Purpose Mishpacha Magazine February 6, 2019
Taking Respnsibility for a Fellow Jew Mishpacha Magazine January 23, 2019
Are You Making a Kiddush Hashem?; Ears Open at a Shiva Call Mishpacha Magazine January 16, 2019
Life after Kollel Mishpacha Magazine January 9, 2019
Making It Our Pain; Two Countries One Fight Mishpacha Magazine January 2, 2019
Are You Prepared to Live? Mishpacha Magazine December 19, 2018
Coming Full Circle Mishpacha Magazine December 12, 2018
Hope, and then Hope Again Mishpacha Magazine December 5, 2018
Our Children Are Begging Us to Stop Mishpacha Magazine November 28, 2018
One Nation, Divisible Mishpacha Magazine November 21, 2018
The Pittsburgh Protests: All Politics All the Time Mishpacha Magazine November 7, 2018
Passing the Test Mishpacha Magazine October 24, 2018
The Action is the Reward: When More is Less Mishpacha Magazine October 11, 2018
Atonement -- Fake andReal Mishpacha Magazine September 20, 2018
Using Our Free Will Effectiively: Letting it Go Mishpacha Magazine September 13, 2018
Masterpiece Cakeshop -- Round II; Be Kind, Always; Connected, but Not Mishpacha Magazine August 30, 2018
Rav Meir Schuster and His Times Mishpacha Magazine August 7, 2018
Back to the Books Mishpacha Magazine August 1, 2018
Jogging the Memory Mishpacha Magazine July 19, 2018
Jogging the Memory Mishpacha Magazine July 19, 2018
Spiritual Tug of War' Mishpacha Magazine July 11, 2018
Watch What You Count; Mishpacha Magazine July 4, 2018
Poor in Pocket; Wealthy in Well-being Mishpacha Magazine June 27, 2018
Baking Up a Storm Mishpacha Magazine June 13, 2018
On the Road Mishpacha Magazine June 6, 2018
A Dying Wish Mishpacha Magazine May 9, 2018
Grow Up Choose Your Door: Mispacha Magazine May 2, 2018
Helping Our Kids Find Their Mission Mishpacha Magazine April 18, 2018
Homecoming Mishpacha Magazine March 21, 2018
Never Lose Hope Mishpacha Magazine March 14, 2018
Quiet Greatness Mishpacha Magazine March 7, 2018
Fleeing from Their Judaism No Longer Mishpacha Magazine January 24, 2018
What We Lost January 19, 2018
The Mitzvos We Do for Ourselves; Partisanship and Religion Don't Mix January 4, 2018
Rejoicing with Reb Sholom Mordechai: Cheers from Jerusalem for President Trump Mishpacha Magazine December 28, 2017
No More Suffering in Silence Mishpacha December 24, 2017
A New Darkness Descends Mishpacha Magazine December 13, 2017
Marriage Prep is a Teaching Moment Mishpacha Magazine November 23, 2017
Selling a Defective Product: October 19, 2017
The (Almost) Perfect Husband; The Dignity of the Ordinary Mishpacha Magazine September 13, 2017
How Can We Thrive Despite Moral Anarchy? Mishpacha Magazine September 6, 2017
What Will Cure Us? Mishpacha Magazine August 30, 2017
Making Jews Great; Positive Parenting Mishpacha Magazine August 23, 2017
The Slow Death of Europe; Summer Vacation Mishpacha Magazine August 15, 2017
Joining the Community of (Minor) Sufferers; No Joke August 11, 2017
The Chase of the Wild Dogs Mishpacha Magazine August 2, 2017
Sacrificing Others for the Cause; Picking Fights to Avoid Obligation Mishpacha Magazine July 28, 2017
Hurray; What about the Right to Live? Mishpacha Magazine July 21, 2017
The New Secular Orthodoxy Mishpacha Magazine July 14, 2017
A Battle over Symbols Mishpacha Magazine July 7, 2017
Reflections on the Harvard Rescissions; Only One Mission Mishpacha Magazine June 23, 2017
The Choice of Measuring Rods Makes a BIg Difference unpublished June 16, 2017
Out of the Mouths of Scientists Mishpacha Magazine June 16, 2017
Why Donald Trump is President; Chaverim Means Being Connected Mishpacha Magazine June 9, 2017
Whither the Adults?; Rabbi Shlomo Pappenheim, zt"l Mishpacha Magazine May 12, 2017
Drawing Our Fellow Jews Close: Beware of High Places Mishpacha Magazine May 5, 2017
Two Paths to Geulah Mishpacha Magazine April 28, 2017
Pushing Death Mishpacha Magazine April 21, 2017
Loving Your Fellow Jew Mishpacha Magazine April 7, 2017
Political Correctness Where it Hurts Most -- the IDF; Rav Moshe's Tears Mishpacha Magazine March 31, 2017
On the Whole I'd Rather Be in Israel; Failing the Analogy Test Mishpacha Magazine March 17, 2017
Is Another Purim Around the Corner; An Ironic Reminder Mishpacha Magazine March 10, 2017
Don't Just Bemoan the Tragedy: Do Something; Thinkng about Kiddush Hashem -- Yet Again Mishpacha Magazine February 24, 2017
Politics Isn't Everything Yated Ne'eman February 17, 2017
Helping Us Speak to Hashem: A Full and Complete Soul Mishpacha Magazine February 10, 2017
Free Sholom Now; Reflections on the Passing of the Generation of the Holocaust Mishpacha Magazine February 4, 2017
Hanging by a Thread; Caring About American Jewry Despite Everything; Never Too Late to Learn Humilithy Mishpacha Magazine January 20, 2017
Two on HaRav HaGaon Rav Moshe Shapira, zt"l. (This time there really are two.) Yated Ne'eman, Mishpacha Magazine January 12, 2017
Two on HaRav HaGaon Rav Moshe Shapira, zt"l. (Some repetition) Yated Ne'eman, Mishpacha Magazine January 12, 2017
The Pathetic Ms. Power; What Could be Wrong with Lighting a Candle? Mishpacha Magazine January 5, 2017
Still Waters Run Deep: Not All Unintended Consequences are Bad Mishpacha Magazine December 16, 2016
Knowing What You Don't Know; Preventing Needless Deaths Mishpacha Magazine December 2, 2016
True Optimism Requires a Dose of Realism; The Seeds Bear Fruits Mishpacha Magazine October 27, 2016
It's Complicated Mishpacha Magazine September 23, 2016
Divining Cause and Effect Mishpacha Magazine September 8, 2016
Mrs. Eva Lou Chapman, a"h: A 100% Jew Mishpacha Magazine September 2, 2016
First, Look Inside: Even the Corrections Need Corrections; Chareidim Live Longer Mishpacha Magazine August 26, 2016
The Vision of Avraham Jerusalem Post August 19, 2016
Strength from Love; The Gulag Comes to Houston Mishpacha Magazine August 12, 2016
The Limits of Nostalgia; Oops! Mishpacha Magazine August 5, 2016
Rabbi Levenstein's Important Message Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman August 5, 2016
Thank you, Miss Meisterheim; A Life to be Emulated Mishpacha Magazine July 22, 2016
Two on National Sovereignty; The Delight of English Spoken Well Jerusalem Post, Mishpacha Magazine July 15, 2016
Suffering in Silence No Longer Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman June 23, 2016
Suiting Up for Battle Mishpacha Magazine June 23, 2016
The Shooting of Harambe and Us: Not All Minorities are the Same Mishpacha Magazine June 17, 2016
Yes, Jewish Unity is Possible Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman June 9, 2016
Talmud Torah -- It's Also a Mitzvah; The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down Mishpacha Magazine June 8, 2016
Thoughts on Bogie's Departure; The Ability to Really Hear Mishpacha Magazine May 27, 2016
Women of the Wall Revealed; Both Parties are Cracking Up Mishpacha Magazine May 20, 2016
Stop, Look Around, Do Something; Why We Laugh March 26, 2016
The Secret of Ahavas Yisrael; When VIrtue Departs Mishpacha Magazine March 25, 2016
The First Klal Perspectives Shabbaton March 11, 2016
Euphoria: It's Coming to Me Mishpacha Magazine March 4, 2016
What I Took Away from the Speech; Case Closed Mishpacha Magazine February 12, 2016
Zuroff Redux Mishpacha Magazine February 5, 2016
A Smile Makes the World Go Round; Hillary Watch Mishpacha Magazine January 20, 2016
Kol Haposel B'Mumo Posel; We Are All Confused Mishpacha Magazine January 14, 2016
Mismatch Theory Made Easy Mishpacha Magazine January 7, 2016
Interfaith Dialogue -- Not Just Pointless But Dangerous Mishpacha Magazine December 30, 2015
Maximizing Torah: What's the Calculation? Mishpacha Magazine December 17, 2015
Empowering Parents; Everything is Inscribed Mishpacha Magazine December 11, 2015
Respect the Commitment; To Get Along, Listen, Learn Tanach for Ezra Mishpacha Magazine December 2, 2015
Holding on to Kedushah; Turning the Tables Mishpacha Magazine 28 Oct 2015
Blessed are the Givers; Can Trump be the Leader We Deserve? Mishpacha Magazine November 13, 2015
Reb Elya Lopian on the Shidduch Crisis; Progressivism Distilled Mishpacha Magazine October 16, 2015
Giving Honor Where Honor is Due; A Delicate Balance; Hillary's No Friend Mishpacha Magazine September 25, 2015
A World of Giving: From the Bitter Comes the Sweet September 19, 2015
The Power of Forgiveness I; The Power of Forgiveness II Mishpacha Magazine September 18, 2015
Aim High But Not Too High; Finding Common Ground Mishpacha Magazine August 21, 2015
Learning Empathy; Woman of Valor: Think Before Speaking Mishpacha Magazine August 7, 2015
Effort is Required; SHUVU Raises $1.6 Million Mishpacha Magazine July 17, 2015
A Model Shul; The Basis of the Mesorah: Parents Worthy of Trust Mishpacha Magazine June 21, 2015
Behar 5775 -- Because I Chose to Be: Shemurah for Shmirah; The War on Religions -- Part III Mishpacha Magazine May 8, 2015
Parashas Emor 5775 - Mishpacha Magazine May 1, 2015
Parashas Tzav 5775 -- Ideological Purity vs. Practical Consequences Mishpacha Magazine March 27, 2015
Scott Walker's Challenge and Ours Mishpacha Magazine March 13, 2015
What Brian Williams Teaches Us Mishpacha Magazine February 19, 2015
Parashas Bo -- Yes, Change is Possible; The Advantages of Being a Minority Mishpacha Magazine January 23, 2015
Ve'eira 5775 -- GIl Tal Obligates All of Us: Je Suis Juif Mishpacha Magazine January 16, 2015
Parahsa Va'eira 5775 -- We Owe an Answer; On Never Having to Mention Islam Mishpacha Magazine January 14, 2015
Parachas Veyechi 5775 -- Remaining Bnei Torah after Kollel; Another Nail in the Coffin Mishpacha Magazine January 2, 2015
Vayeishev 5775 -- What Can We Do for Them?; Change in order to Preserve Mishpacha Magazine December 12, 2014
Va'yetzei 5775 -- Terror Comes to Our Door Mishpacha Magazine November 26, 2014
Parashas Ve'yeira 5775 -- Don't Do It, Dr. Emanuel; Peres's Folly Mishpacha Magazine November 25, 2014
Parashas Chayei Sarah 5775 -- False Humanization; Judgment Rendered Mishpacha Magazine November 19, 2014
Kiruv Goes On: the Models Change Mishpacha Magazine October 5, 2014
Viewing One Another with a Favorable Eye Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman October 3, 2014
Rosh Hashanah 5775 -- Mishpacha Magazine September 24, 2014
Parashas Nitzavim 5774 -- Living with Emunah; School News Mishpacha Magazine September 19, 2014
Ki Savo 5774 -- A Connection to Torah for All; A Little Context Please Mishpacha Magazine September 12, 2014
Parashas Ki Seitzei -- Showing We Care; Between the Tzaddik and His Opposite Mishpacha Magazine September 5, 2014
Parashas Devarim -- Who Believes in Mermaids?; Acts of Kindness, Great and Small August 1, 2014
An Inversion of Morality Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman July 25, 2014
Parashas Ma'asei -- Glad Not to be Prime Minister Netanyahu; Miracles All Around Mishpacha Magazine July 23, 2014
Parashas Mattos -- We Were Robbed; Rosenblum's Rule Revisted Mishpacha Magazine July 18, 2014
The Anti-Eyal, Naftali, and Gil-ad Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman July 11, 2014
Parashas Chukas 5774 -- Ana Hashem, Bring Our Brothers Home Mishpacha Magazine June 27, 2014
Parashas Korach 5774 -- A Prediction Fulfilled --Sadly: Marriage: Not to be Taken for Granted Mishpacha Magazine June 18, 2014
A Different Kind of Prisoner Exchange Jerusalem Post June 13, 2014
Parshas Beha'aloscha -- The Uses and Misuses of Mortality; The Power of Seemingly Small Messages Mishpacha Magazine June 11, 2014
Naso 5774 -- To Each His Portion in Torah; For the Love of Another Jew Mishpacha Magazine June 2, 2014
Parashas Nasso 5774 -- Toxic Envy; A Special Siyum Mishpacha Magazine May 30, 2014
Be'Chukosaid 5774 -- For the Love of Jews Mishpacha Magazine May 16, 2014
Rashi Was Right Jerusalem Post May 2, 2014
Emor 5774 -- Of Barriers and Blame Mishpacha Magazine April 30, 2014
Kedoshim 5774 -- Taking the Reins of Torah Leadership; Who Wants to be Like Us?; Upshlugged, Happily Mishpacha Magazine April 25, 2014
Tzav 5774 -- A Brutal King Like Haman; A Moshol for Every Baal Teshuva; NY Times vs. Thomas Friedman March 22, 2014
VaYikra 5774 -- Belated Confirmation; An Atzeres Tefillah Mishpacha Magazine March 6, 2014
VaYakel 5774 -- Rabbi Dovid Keleti: A Jew with a Mission Mishpacha Magazine February 19, 2014
Ki Sisa 5774 -- Shlach Lachmecha; Another Lesson from the Gross Tragedy; Barry Rubin, a"h Mishpacha Magazine February 11, 2014
Why Would Anyone Care Who Yair Netanyahu is Dating? CNN On-liine February 6, 2014
Parashas Mishpatim 5774 -- Facts Trump Theory; What Sam Taught us All Mishpacha Magazine January 24, 2014
Parashas Be'Shelach 5774 -- The Real Threat to Orthodoxy; Generosity of Spirit Mishpacha Magazine January 8, 2014
Parashas Bo 5774 Mishpacha Magazine January 3, 2014
To Provide and Protect Mishpacha Magazine December 13, 2013
MiKeitz 5774 -- No Standing in Place: Keeping the Lights Burning Moshpacha Magazine December 4, 2013
VaYishlach 5774 Mishpacha Magazine November 15, 2013
VaYeitzei 5774 Mishpacha Magazine November 8, 2013
Parashas Toldos 5774 -- Judaism in not a Smorgasbord; We are all losers Mishpacha Magazine November 1, 2013
Chaye Sarah 5774 -- Some Good News for a Change; Who is a Racist? Mishpacha Magazine October 25, 2013
Erev Sukkos 5774 Mishpacha Magazine September 18, 2013
Erev Yom Kippur 5774 -- Kavod Shomayim or Public Relations? Mishpacha Magazine September 13, 2013
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5774 Mishpacha Magazine September 3, 2013
Ki Savo 5773 -- The Lessons of Outremont; Getting off the Conveyor Belt Mishpacha Magazine August 23, 2013
Ki Savo 5773 -- The Lessons of Outremont; Getting off the Conveyor Belt Mishpacha Magazine August 23, 2013
Ki Seitzei 5773 -- Envying the Ger; Why the Smile Mishpacha Magazine August 16, 2013
Parashas Shoftim 5773 -- Dealing with Struggling Teens: The Chief Rabbinate Elections Mishpacha Magazine August 9, 2013
Re'eh 5773 -- The Rebbi You Wish You Had; An Ounce of Protection Mishpacha Magazine August 2, 2013
Mashiach Did Not Arrive -- Again Mishpacha Magazine July 19, 2013
Parashas Devarim 5773 -- Enough Torah?; True Arichus Yamim Mishpacha Magazine July 12, 2013
Parashas Balak 5773 Mishpacha June 19, 2013
Eternity Envy Jerusalem Post May 31, 2013
Be'halosecha 5773 -- Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory; This Scandal Has Legs Mishpacha Magazine May 24, 2013
The Feminist Story the Media Missed at the Kotel Jerusalem Post May 17, 2013
BaMidbar 5773 -- Apology to Rabbi Ilan Feldman; Meet Richard Falk; A Shavuos Initiative Mishpacha Magazine May 10, 2013
Sincerity is Not Enough Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman April 19, 2013
Letting Go of Hatred Jerusalem Post March 29, 2013
Erev Pesach 5773 -- All Comparisons are Invidious Mishpacha Magazine March 22, 2013
VaYikra 5773 -- Israelis Seek to Fill The Black Hole of the Soul; Extraordinary Ordinary People Mishpacha Magazine March 15, 2013
VaYakel-Pekudei 5773 Mishpacha Magazine March 8, 2013
Yisro 5773 -- Why Prosecute; The Man from Vilna Mishpacha Magazine February 1, 2013
Beshelach 5773 -- A World of Abundance or One of Scarcity; Mrs. Chana Scherman, a"h Mishpacha Magazine January 16, 2013
The State of Kiruv Today Mishpacha Magazine January 4, 2013
The Religious Mindset Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman December 29, 2012
Va'yechi 5773 -- Too Early to Celebrate; A Lesson from Senator Daniel Inouye Mishpacha Magazine December 29, 2012
Towards a Kavod Shomayim Consciousness Mishpacha Magazine December 13, 2012
Va'yeishev 5773 -- What Makes a Really Great Shiur; Elef L'Mateh, Elef L'Mateh Mishpacha Magazine December 7, 2012
Va'Yishlach 5773 -- No More Pinnys; Gaza as Metaphor Mishpacha Magazine November 30, 2012
Toldos 5773 -- Davening for Mitt? Mishpacha Magazine November 16, 2012
.Va'yeira 5773 -- The Case for Optimism; Overcoming Adversity Mishpacha Magazine November 2, 2012
Parashas Lech Lecha 5773 -- Go to ... Yourself; Fix the Debate Format Mishpacha Magazine October 26, 2012
Parashas Bereishis 5773 -- Obama Betrayed by Media Adulation; Our Most Precious Possession -- Self-Control Mishpacha October 12, 2012
Parashas Va'Yeilech -- Out of My Element: A Glowing Chassan Mishpacha Magazine September 20, 2012
Intergrating the Ba'alei Teshuva (part of a symposium) Mishpacha Magazine September 13, 2012
Ki Savo 5772 -- The Best Case for Obama: A Shocking Forgivemenss Mishpacha Magazine September 5, 2012
Ki Setzei 5772 -- Are Our Kids Ready for Marriage? Mishpacha Magazine August 29, 2012
Parashas Devarim 5772 -- Appreciating What We Have Mishpacha Magazine August 3, 2012
Parashas Devarim 5772 -- Don't Build Up by Putting Down; The Cabdriver Has the Last Word; The Tolna Rebbe on a Lack of Hakaras Hatov Mishpacha Magazine July 25, 2012
Our Own Worst Enemies Yated Ne'eman July 20, 2012
Our Own Worst Enemies Yated Ne'eman July 20, 2012
Parashas Pinchas 5772 -- Our Walls Have Been Breached; Small Actions Big Results Mishpacha Magazine July 6, 2012
Parashas Balak 5772 -- Why we are drawn to humiliy; Admitting we don't know; Leave it to the Experts Mishpacha Magazine July 4, 2012
Kedoshim 5772 -- CBS's Journalistic Malpractice; It's Hard to Say Thank You Mishpacha Magazine May 2, 2012
Acharei Mos 5772 -- Self-Confidence vs. Self-Esteem; Identity Theft Mishpacha Magazine April 25, 2012
Tazria-Metzorah 5772: The "Blue Model" and Torah Jewry; A Parenting Nugget from Rav Sheinberg, zt"l, Reset on Israel after the Elections Mishpacha Magazine April 18, 2012
Erev Pesach 5772 -- True Independence; Are These Not Jewish Children?; An Apt Comparison Mishpacha Magazine April 6, 2012
It's Not About the Internet; It's About Us Mishpacha Magazine March 7, 2012
Ki Tzaveh 5772 -- Obamacare and Religious Liberty; The Failure to Condemn the Crazies; Are Chareidim Accident Prone? Mishpacha Magazine February 28, 2012
Beshelach 5772 -- Titanic II and Yeridos Hadoros; A Tale of Two Bus Rides; Minority Mandate Mishpacha Magazine February 1, 2012
Bo 5772 -- Israeli Supreme Court Affirms Self-Preservation; Defeating the Terrorists Within; Comrades-in-Arms Mishpacha Magazine January 25, 2012
Ve'eira -- Why pick on tzniyus?; Beit Shemesh Metaphor Alert; Feminists against women Mishpacha Magazine January 20, 2012
Va'Yigash 5772 -- Getting Out to Go Up; Hammering Hammerman Mishpacha Magazine December 30, 2011
First, let's calm down Jerusalem Post December 23, 2011
False Zealotry and its Vicitims Mishpacha Magazine December 21, 2011
Va'yetzei 5772 -- Are We Viewing the Past through Rose-Colored Glasses?; When a Tzaddik Leave the City Mishpacha Magazine November 30, 2011
Talmud Study and the Liberal Arts Jerusalem Post November 11, 2011
Arichas Yomim Yated Ne'eman September 26, 2011
Pinchos 5771 -- The Emptiness is Total; Modern Greeks; Sarah Can Write Mishpacha Magazine July 13, 2011
Balak 5771 -- The Rav-Talmid Relationship; Holding the Torah World to its Own Standards: The Limits of Hypocrisy Mishpacha Magazine July 6, 2011
Korach 5771 -- Something New, Something Old; Look Who's Dancing; Canadian Jews Change Course Mishpacha Magazine June 22, 2011
Parashas Nasso 5771 -- Why Bother Debating?; Everyone Needs a Mussar Mentor; Who's Brain Dead? Mishpacha Magazine June 18, 2011
Shelach 5771 -- Don't Judge a Parent by the Child: Follow the Money; "Pro-Israel J Street's Interesting Friends; Too Old to Fight Mishpacha Magazine June 15, 2011
Parashas Behar 5771 -- Osama Memorial Issue Mishpacha Magazine May 11, 2011
Mishpacha -- Emor 5771: The Secret of Orthodox Happiness; Where Does President Peres Stand?; A Tasty Metaphor Mishpacha Magazine April 27, 2011
Acharie Mos/Pesach 5771 -- Why Did Goldstone Retract: No Diamond Ring for the Kallah; Mishpacha Magazine April 13, 2011
Happiness Can't be Pursued Jerusalem Post April 8, 2011
VaYikra 5771 Mishpacha Magazine April 3, 2011
Va'Yakhel 5771 -- Bullying; My Son Works; Authoritarians vs. Totalitarians Mishpacha Magazine February 23, 2011
Hard Cases Make Bad Law Jerusalem Post February 18, 2011
Parashas Terumah 5771 -- Three on Kiruv and Ba'alei Teshuva February 2, 2011
Bo 5771 -- A Closed Mouth and a Blind Eye: Jonathan Pollard Mishpacha Magazine January 5, 2011
Va'eira 5771 -- Feeling the Tza'ar of Klal Yisrael; Men of Vision; The Good Guys Win Mishpacha Magazine December 30, 2010
Shemos 5771 -- Nixon-Kissinger Tape; Rabbis' Letter; Wikileaks Mishpacha Magazine December 23, 2010
Va'Yechi -- Defending Eli Yishai; How not to Explain Tragedy Mishpacha Magazine December 16, 2010
MiKeitz -- TSA pat-downs, abdicating parents, bureaucratic favoritism Mishpacha Magazine November 30, 2010
For the Sake of Klal Yisrael Jerusalem Post November 13, 2010
Va'yatzei November 12, 2010
Toldos 5771 Mishpacha November 3, 2010
Erev Sukkos (Mishpacha 327) Mishpacha Magazine September 20, 2010
Three on Yom Kippur Mispacha (Issue 326. Erev Yom Kippur) September 15, 2010
Mishpacha Blog 324 -- Parashas Nitzavim-Vayeleich Mishpacha Magazine September 1, 2010
The Burka Ban and Us Mishpacha Magazine August 4, 2010
The Price of Exclusion Mishpacha Magazine July 23, 2010
It's not what you say, but how you say it The Jerusalem Post July 9, 2010
Legal Follies Mishpacha Magazine July 7, 2010
How will we be remembered Mishpacha Magazine July 1, 2010
Whither Contemplation? Mishpacha Magazine June 25, 2010
Preliminary reflections on politics and religion Mishpacha Magazine June 18, 2010
Avoiding Corruption in Shidduchim Yated Ne'eman June 18, 2010
Confronting the Zeitgeist Head-On The Jerusalem Post June 11, 2010
Mr. Klal Yisrael May 13, 2010
The Gym is Only a Metaphor Mishpacha Magazine March 17, 2010
Just because it's the right thing to do March 10, 2010
The Gedolim Declare War on the Internet Jerusalem Post March 3, 2010
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