Out Of The Mailbag

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep anger and frustration about the recent idea being promoted in an ad by a local paper. As...

To the mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, and brothers of Bnos Yisoel, It was reported that there were serious discussions recently among senior Roshei Yeshiva...

If anyone had any doubt about it, today confirmed what we already subconciously knew: Yair Lapid, like his father Tommy, yemach shemo, is a...

We’ve all laughed, but what was once a harmless joke is just not funny any more. Today, with the explosion of social media, there’s...

I am so ridiculously fed up. Why does Purim have to be this way? I flip though magazines, I scroll through websites, and all...

Dear Society, I am writing this letter not to society as a whole, but to each individual, and yes primarily YOU. Imagine the scene: a couple...

You know what the dumbest part of our modern society is? People thinking that other people will care about them if only we kept...

As a rebbi for more than a decade, I am stunned and perplexed at the growing trend of families going on luxurious vacations over...

This letter is to shed some much-needed clarity on the Shidduch crisis and some of the solutions that are being worked on. Let's start with...

Everyone wants to find "the" solution to the shidduch crisis. Well, if you want one, you can start here: Stop obsessing about yichus and...

After seeing the responses to my original letter, I feel the need to respond. Firstly, I want to address the many hundreds of suffering girls...

There is a big problem in our midst, and we are all very aware of it;  It is a problem felt by all, and...

The "goldene medina" that was America back in the 1800s and early 1900s was a sad place as it pertained to Jewish life. Unfortunately,...

Like many others, I was shocked today upon hearing that Donald Trump will be addressing the Torah U'Mesorah President's Conference on Friday. I understand...

Look around at any Jewish neighborhood and you'll find families struggling. Not one or two, but dozens. I'm talking about families not being able...

It was with no small amount of dismay that I recently witnessed one of the most troubling things I've ever encountered in a frum...

Reading through the comments on YWN's recent articles about former President Trump meeting with antisemites Kanye West and Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago has me...

As the 2022 election season has worn on, it has become increasingly clear to every Orthodox Jew in New York State that there are...

Dear Editor, Is it time to end the "freezer" - the rule that says that young men who come to one very large Yeshiva from...

As crime rates are going up in New York, we must stop funding public schools. Getting a proper education is the difference between a success...

I vividly remember 9/11/2001. I was just a young school student and playing in my school's playground when the news struck. Over the course...

Following the news of the FBI raiding the private residence and office of former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, conservative media and...

Last year, as my son prepared to board the coach bus taking him to summer camp, I kissed him goodbye and asked if there...

As someone observing the shidduchim "market" that seemingly becomes increasingly  challenging as boys and girls become older, I would like to offer a straightforward...

I am extremely troubled and disappointed by Satmar's endorsement of incumbent NY Governor Kathy Hochul, particularly at this time, when we are struggling to...

I write this as I sit on El Al Flight LY1 from TLV to JFK. I am traveling with my family and my youngest...

Dear Editor, I am writing this email out of sheer frustration about how I was treated today by El Al. My family and I were...

Dear YWN, I am writing this letter on behalf of the thousands of you who have not yet done this. Recently, El Al was purchased by...

As Vladimir Putin straight-up steals land from Ukraine and threatens to completely overtake the country and become a neighboring nuclear threat to other U.S....

To all of you who enjoy public places such as malls, amusement parks and other attractions: As so many of you have done over the...

After hearing about the tragic events last week, I read an article about how to talk to children about what had happened. One of...

If you are following at all what is going on in our communities and across the countries, you are, like myself, probably utterly perplexed. Hundreds...

For days I have been waiting to see a mention about the Walder saga on YWN. The silence was deafening. When Tzvi Gluck's article was...

There has been a lot of discussion in recent days over the severity and comparison of two aveiros  - bah al eishes ish and malbin p'nei chaveiro.  Many people,...

With the subject of teacher salaries at the forefront of the communal conversation, I am wondering if there is a basic flaw in our...