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Will tempers flare today . Under water. Days of endless rain sending water racing into neighborhoods. We got these people trapped. Nearly 2,000 people rescued by the National Guard. Rivers rising over their banks. Dylan will tell us when the rain will let up. One captured. One on the run. Convicts escape three days ago, one caught overnight. This morning, his accomplice is still on the loose. And what a shot. A neck and neck college game with the huskies and cincinnati bearcats coming down to one shot. Holy cow are you kidding me into a fourth overtime. Uconn fans celebrating everywhere. Today...

Rabbi Shimon Yosef Meller rescues a rare photo of the Brisker Rav from a forgotten archive

A year after his passing, Rav Dovid Soloveitchik's memories live in print 

Rav Dovid Soloveitchik lived in a world where the only reality was spiritual. The last living son of the Brisker Rav, his petirah marks the end of a glorious era in the dynasty’s history I   n the yeshiva world, the word “Brisk” is uttered with reverence. It conjures up images of batei medrash pulsating with activity, erudite scholars steeped in solemnity, scintillating and rigorous analyses, and uncompromising dedication to the truth of Torah. If Brisk is a kingdom, then it has several royal palaces—the yeshivos dotting the heart of Yerushalayim—and a royal family that presides ...