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Reb Mendel Futerfas was a legendary mashpiah, known for his incredible self-sacrifice and resilience in the face of Soviet persecution. With incredible resolve and inner strength, Reb Mendel maintained his faith and sense of self throughout 14 years of brutal incarceration and exile in Siberia. One of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s most loyal and dedicated soldiers, […]

Reader roundtable: Our nation’s at war — what's our role? Six women weigh in

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Home The Far Rockaway/ Five Towns community mourns the loss of Mrs. Rebecca Balsam A”h, wife of Reb Moshe

Enduring encounters from Rav Dov Landau’s chizuk mission

Dear YWN, I was shocked and appalled to see that "Der Yid Newspaper," which is directly controlled by the "Reb Zalman Leib" faction of Satmar, chose to

Victory for New York yeshivos: How rabbanim and advocates fought the progressive establishment to preserve pure chinuch

While sitting quietly in the back, I learned more about what kavod haTorah means than I had gleaned the entire Shabbos

"It’s time to change the goal of seminary, and it’s time to teach girls ahavas Yisrael"

         “Proven leadership qualities and passion for service to others,” with an “energy and enthusiasm level that’s contagious” Some sequels have happy endings. This is one of them. Two months ago, we published a feature in our  Succos edition on Rabbi Yehiel Kalish, who discovered the hard way that life in politics wasn’t for him, or his family. Following his defeat in an Illinois state primary last March defending his seat in the 16th District of the state House of Repres...