Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin

How New York was renewed by Torah Judaism after the Holocaust

Sixth in a series about the rise of Jewish and Torah education in America after the Holocaust.

Mir and Telz, two Yeshivas reborn in America after the Holocaust

Mir and Telshe rose from the ashes of Europe's Torah world. Mir in Israel has over 9000 students and is possibly the largest yeshiva today

Tribute to Rav Aharon Kotler's greatness:Torah study in the USA

A post-Holocaust American haven for 'Yavneh and its Sages' was created by Rav Kotler zt"l.:

The Holocaust and the growth of Jewish Day Schools in America

In Tribute to Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz and Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky, Torah pioneers in America.

How a handful of US rabbis and activists tried to save Jews

In America, frustration mingled with hope during the Holocaust.

Incredible Jewish Orthodox women prove that Kiruv is alive

There is no greater work of Kiruv than the inspired work of two self-made women who did not have an Orthodox upbringing.

Shloshim: Remembering Rebbetzin Bruria Hutner David

A righteous woman of supreme greatness, she established the BJJ seminary for young women at her father, Rav Yitschok Hutner's request.

The state of Jewish Education in America before the Holocaust

First in a series about the rise of Jewish and Torah education in America after the Holocaust.

Jews who escaped the Holocaust through the Christian Church

Painful choices over apostasy.

Jews and Martyrdom – for the Sanctification of His Name

The Holocaust saw Jews facing death with dignity when God demanded martyrdom.

When did the Holocaust begin?

Debate over the name and timeline from 1933 to 1945.

Jews in Muslim lands during the Holocaust

Arabs were for the most part apathetic to the Allied cause, while God saved the Sephardic Jews.

Nations that actively saved Jews during the Holocaust

How G-d saved the Jews from their worst enemies. Exceptions to total genocide.

France's Jews during the Second World War

An ally of the West becomes a Vichy collaborator with Nazi Germany, yet God saves three quarters of France's Jews.

United States isolationism from Nazi Germany

God turns nations around and saves Jews from annihilation. Part III of How the Allies came to be in WWII. Links to parts I and II are below.

How the Allies came to be in WWII: The USSR and the Nazis

The real title should be how God turns nations around and saves the Jews from total annihilation.

The Baal Teshuva Movement is alive

Intermarriage in the USA has complicated the teshuva process, but in Israel it is going strong. And let us not forget Chabad. A critique.

How God turns nations around, saving the Jews from annihilation

The Allies in WWII Series: Part I, British and French appeasement of Nazi Germany.

The Influence of European, US and Israeli Yeshivas on S. Africa

Concluding article of a historical series on South African Jewry.

Rabbi of war and peace: Chief Rabbi B. M. Casper of South Africa

He was a military and spiritual leader of the Jewish Brigade, a main nucleus of the reborn modern Israel’s Israel Defense Force,

What I learned from “The South African Jewish Year Book 1929”

Tales of thousands of good Jews who, while not as religious as their parents had been, gave charity and created a model Jewish community.

The light of Rabbi L. Rabinowitz, past S. African Chief Rabbi

Continuing with the series of articles on foreign born rabbis who have served and become famous in South Africa.

An American who became a great South African Rosh Yeshiva.

Continuing the series about foreign born rabbis who selflessly served South African Jewry over decades.

Selfless Rabbis and the wives who braved It out in South Africa

There are a number of famous “rabbinical couples” that moved to South Africa and made their mark. The Tanzers are a case in point.

Jewish hopes, dreams and struggles in South Africa: Part III

Every country where Jews have lived has its own Jewish history. A rabbi reminisces, stories about a once thriving Jewish community. Op-ed.

A Rabbi reminisces on Jewish hopes and struggles in S. Africa.

Stories that will touch your heart from “With Ink in the Book...Stories and Sketches of Jewish Life in Rural Centers in South Africa."

A Rabbi on Jewish hopes, dreams and struggles in South Africa.

The rural South Africa Jewish community goes from observant to ignorant in the span of less than a century and this rabbi recorded it.

The Changing of an Era, part VI: Rav Yitzchok Hutner's legacy

In a sense, Rav Hutner during his lifetime existed beyond time and place. Last of a series. Links to previous articles are below.

The Changing of an Era, Part V: Rav Hutner and Israeli Gedolim

The epic story of a Gadol Hador who worked to open a yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael and was in close contact with the Torah luminaries there.

The Changing of an Era: Rav Hutner and Gedolim in Eretz Yisrael

Gedolim, like Rav Kook, with whom Rav Hutner connected in the Land of Israel, were born in Eastern Europe. Part IV of a series.

Rav Yitzchok Hutner's Relationships with America's Gedolim

Part three of The Changing of an Era. (Links to previous parts at the beginning of the article.) Note: "Gedolim" refers to Great Rabbis.

The changing of an era, part II: Rav Hutner's disciples

At readers' request below are memories of some of Rabbi Hutner's disciples.

The Changing of an Era: Rav Yitzchok Hutner's disciples

Inspiration and memory - would that we had the ability to come close to the level of the people written about below.

As Russian threats mount, Israel worries

The threats are both nuclear and military, as well as to Israel's ability to act in Syria and danger to the Jews in Ukraine.Op-ed.

Taking on the abortion revolution

The drive to legalize the abortion revolution comes from the unbridled sexual immorality that reigns supreme in Western society. Op-ed..

America's six guardian angels

Roe v.s. Wade falls: The six judges reasserted classical morality in 2022 and for this, may God bless them! Opinion.

Biden's upcoming Middle East political stunt

Do Biden and his wet-behind-the-ears diplomats have powers of persuasion to convince the hard-ball Saudis to throw the USA a lifeline? Op-ed

The Rise and Fall of Israel's 36th government

As predicted, over the last few weeks the pace of the dissolution of this government has heated up with its demise expected shortly.Op-ed..

The Russian nuclear drumbeat grows louder

The Russians brag that they are can wipe out their enemies in seconds with nuclear weapons. Do they think they are alone in the world? Op-ed

The Russian nuclear headache

Russian tyrants have developed their own unique sinister vision of themselves and buy into their own paranoid propaganda.Op-ed.

Churban (Destruction) - Galut (Exile) - Geulah (Redemption)

Secular Jews pose a threat to the Jewish People when they assimilate In Israel, many have dedicated themselves to uprooting Jewish life.

"The Tinder Swindler" and the Off The Derech (OTD) tragedy

It happens among those successful and thriving religious communities who seemingly have already overcome the lures of assimilation. Why?

From Covid To Kiev, how talk of WWIII trumped the virus

How can we joke this Purim when there is so much bloodshed and suffering going on in Eastern Europe again?

Sacrificial Offerings, so far and yet so near!

Insights into the more symbolic and mystical aspects of the sacrifices as taught by the Zohar and other sources.

Make America energy independent again Now!

Join a petition of US citizens to Congress and the President prevent US dependence on Russian enerrgy! Op-ed.

The joy of completion - from Mishkan to Jewish home

As with the Tabernacle, every time a new synagogue, yeshiva or Jewish home is inaugurated, there is always great joy - and much in common..

God will always forgive The Jewish People, but at a cost

We can start from the present and work our way backwards in history to see how this works.

The Godly mystique of clothing

When did Adam and Eve become corporeal in the sense of being physical human beings that we can understand as our own physical progenitors?

The great Jewish house that refuses to be knocked down

The enemies of the Jews live under the illusion that if they destroy Jewish places of worship they can destroy the Jewish People.

Mishpatim: The Chaim Walder double life syndrome

Torah is an all-encompassing circle in which all laws are equidistant from Hashem, as Parashat Mishpatim shows.

Who knew about the Exodus besides the Egyptians and the Jews?

Yitro heard and acted on what he heard. What about the rest?.

To convert or not to convert to Judaism

It's a tough tug of war between competing standards of conversion, but passing a conversion law that is not widely accepted is useless.

Bo: Heads roll - deja vu all over again

Parashat Bo:(Exodus 10:1 - 13:16): The fates of enemies of Israel in Jewish history, as found in Nachat HaShulchan, the Breslov Haggadah.

Is G-d remaking the miracles of Creation?

The world needs to transform its understanding of its creation by accepting that all is governed by Moral Law in addition to Natural Law.

SHEMOT 5782

The more things change..

Pharaoh's words are mirrored by every paranoid Jew hating ruler ever since - and there have been, and still are, many.

Remembering Rabbis martyred in the Holocaust

Nazis targeted Jewish leaders, especially rabbis, as their first victims when moving into Jewish areas, because rabbis meant continuity.

War on two fronts

The USA faces threats of war on two fronts -- what are the implications for Israel? Opinion.

What Hannukah is really all about

Hannukah is not a Jewish form of Xmas, nor is it a version of Yom Ha'atzmaut. The festival has a history we should all learn. Read it here.

Ali/Eliya Hassan: A shock wave In the Syrian Jewish community

This is an appalling tragedy of errors of Shakepearian proportions that has pierced the hearts of many. Opinion.

Danger! Missionaries in your home!

Today, proselytizers have various internet tools - they don't have to come to the door or distribute pamphlets.