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MAILBAG: A Serious Issue Isn’t The Place For Cheap Gimmicks

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...

MAILBAG: The Shidduch Crisis: A Plea For Action

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...

MAILBAG: Yair Lapid Confirms He Is Self Hating Jew

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

MAILBAG: A Purim Thought for the Galus Jew

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...

MAILBAG: Nobody Cares About Your Insane Mishloach Manos

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

MAILBAG: Adults, Get Off Your Phones and Pay Attention

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...

MAILBAG: The Jones’s Are Trying to Keep Up With You Too

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

MAILBAG: Thanks for Flushing My Hard Work Down the Drain

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

MAILBAG: Want to Solve the Crisis? Figure Out the Problem First

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...

MAILBAG: We Have a Lot to Learn from the Modern Orthodox Community

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

MAILBAG: Mocking a Serious Issue Doesn’t Fix Our Tzaros

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...

MAILBAG: How Can We Sleep At Night ? Do We Not Hear The Cries?

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

MAILBAG: Why Every Frum Yid Must Have a Wallet

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

MAILBAG: Torah U’Mesorah Is Being Used By Trump

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...

MAILBAG: Is There a Kosher Food Pricing Conspiracy?

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...

MAILBAG: Kashrus Must Extend Beyond the Food

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...

MAILBAG: Yidden, Please Wake Up

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...

MAILBAG: MI L’HASHEM ELAI! Satmar Must Stand Up For Chinuch

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

MAILBAG: Is It Time To End The “Freezer” For Young Men Returning From Eretz...

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

MAILBAG: Defund Public Schools, Fund Yeshivas, Fine Parents

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...

MAILBAG: Attacking Jews Shouldn’t Be More Important Than 9/11, But The Anti-Semitic NY Times...

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...

MAILBAG: You’re All a Bunch of Trumpian Hypocrites

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...

MAILBAG: Highway Robbery in Camps is the New Normal. It Shouldn’t Be.

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

MAILBAG: Another Idea To Stop The Shidduch Crisis

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

MAILBAG: Appalled That Satmar Endorsed NY Governor Hochul Who Endorses Immorality

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...

MAILBAG: Ignore the Haters. El Al is Fantastic

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

MAILBAG: Disaster For Many El Al Passengers Returning From Israel To NY

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...

MAILBAG: The El Al Insanity Is Out Of Control

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...

MAILBAG: Baruch Hashem for Biden!

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....

MAILBAG: Why Must We Make A Chillul Hashem With Our Kosher Trash?

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...

MAILBAG: I Speak Because I Must

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

MAILBAG: Is There a New Virus Out There?

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...

MAILBAG: Don’t Embarrass Me: The CW Saga

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...

MAILBAG: Glad We’re Paying Attention Now

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,...

MAILBAG: Should a Yeshiva or Bais Yaakov Be a Private Business?

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

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