INBOX: The $18 Insult
Don’t pretend you didn’t know what was happening. Camps don’t pay, and parents don’t tip. Now make the decision, take it or leave it.
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Op-Ed: Why Did You Make Me Almost Kill You?
If I had hit him, even accidentally, G-d forbid, my life would never be the same. My wife and children would carry that trauma. My livelihood could be destroyed. I would live forever with the image of a child in front of my car.
Op-Ed: Spotify – It’s Not What It Once Was
Technology moves fast. Faster than most of us realize. Something new comes out, people try it, and before long it feels like it has always been there. Nobody plans for big changes in standards. They happen gradually, through little decisions that seem harmless at first.
INBOX: Don’t You Think It’s Time We Start Parking Normally Again?
The Beis Rivkah bus drivers are going bonkers, I’m sure all the other schools are suffering just the same. And the general residents are not suffering any less.
INBOX: The Million-Dollar Question – Where Is the Security at 770?
Because when $800,000 in security funding is associated with 770, yet the building still feels exposed, something is broken. And pretending otherwise is no longer an option.
Op-Ed: Proper Mechitzos Are Necessary In Shul, What About at the Ohel?
In a Shul, we understand that proper Mechitzos are necessary in order to help people focus on their Davening. If that is true in a regular shul, how much more so in a place like the Ohel, where people are trying to reach deep levels of concentration and emotion in their tefillos.
INBOX: You Daughter is Incredible
Parents, I know sometimes it can feel overwhelming, raising teenagers is no easy task. But from what I saw this summer, you should know that today’s youth are incredible. You daughter is incredible.
INBOX: Many Meetings, Few Answers
I have lived in Crown Heights for decades. When new leadership ran for the Vaad Hakohol and Community Council, I voted, encouraged others to vote, and believed—sincerely—that after years of inertia, something would finally change. Two years in, it’s time for an honest accounting.
RESPONSE: Yeshiva and the Army – The Perfect Shidduch?A Soldier’s Response
Why are so many Chabad bochrim struggling in, and potentially at risk of leaving Yeshiva? A complex question with an assuredly complex answer. I don’t claim to possess it. What I do know is that it is not the Israeli army.
INBOX: When The Son Carries The Father With Him
Sometimes a child carries their father with them in ways nobody else can see.
INBOX: Today is Yud Tes Kislev, Rosh Hashana for Chassidus
Aside from the lack of time, the most common challenge to properly learn any idea in Chassidus is a lack of clarity.
“Wait… I’m Not Ready Yet!” – Helping Children Who Struggle With Transitions
“I’m not ready yet,” he whispers – not with words, but with his entire body. Understanding their world through the child’s eyes changes everything.
INBOX: When A Derech Is Not A Legitimate Approach to Yiddishkeit
May Hashem help that soon, before it’s too late, for the sake of our children, and for the sake of the legitimacy of Lubavitch, our rabbis and leaders will have the courage to publicly declare what needs to be said.
INBOX: Mixed Seating at Concerts
I think we can all agree that concerts are a blast; however, there are some – myself included – who do not do mixed seating.
Op-Ed: Hillel, Dignity, and the Cost of Torah Education
Recently, I completed the registration process for four of my children in a single school. The collective financial burden we’re expected to carry is simply not realistic. By any standard, it’s not normal. The emotions I felt as this reality set in were complex—and conflicting.
Op-Ed: Simchas Torah – We Dance With Torah, Not With Bottles
The simcha of Yom Tov doesn’t come from what is in the glass. It comes from the Torah in our arms. From the circles we make. From the joy we bring with our own voices and feet.
INBOX: Tishrei in Crown Heights – A Call for Order
The question is simple: do we continue to allow chaos, or do we finally find the backbone to keep Crown Heights clean, respectful, and worthy of the name it carries?
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