MAILBAG: Addressing The Controversy Surrounding JEM’s Tribute To Lubavitch
The recent release of the high-budget video production by JEM seeking to commemorate and celebrate the Rebbe's monumental leadership and global impact over the...
MAILBAG: Why Are We Not Protesting In The Streets?
Can someone please help me understand why we are all sitting back and just accepting that with little to no valid explanation, our meat...
Traveling Abroad? Keep These Things In Mind When Visiting Chabad Houses
As we approach the vacation days, I decided to share something I've wanted to share for several years. I do not, G-d forbid, want...
MAILBAG: Stop Belittling And Mocking The People Who Lead Us
The position of President of the U.S. is deserving of kavod. So too, our Torah enjoins us to give honor to the elderly, and...
MAILBAG: Stop The Blabber And Solve The Root Of The Problem
A lot has been written lately about materialism and attempting to identify the root problem in our communities. Practically speaking, pointing a finger at...
MAILBAG: Modern Communities Aren’t Wasting As Much Money As Yeshivish And Chasidish Communities
As a member of a northern New Jersey Modern Orthodox community, it has been very interesting to read of the widespread concerns about scams...
MAILBAG: The Latest Threat To The Frum Community
WhatsApp is a useful tool that many of us frum Jews use. It enables us to communicate with our family, friends, rabbonim, and community...
MAILBAG: Scams and Schemes: Why Is Everyone Ignoring The Most Important Part?
We have all seen and heard about the string of Ponzi's and dishonest business dealings in the frum community. It's been published and discussed...
MAILBAG: Heartfelt Words From A Prominent Baal Haboos
YWN NOTE: The following letter was written by a prominent and well-known Baal Haboos in Brooklyn. It was written for YWN following the recent...
MAILBAG: Ponzi Schemes And Investors In Our Community: A Warning To All Involved
Sadly, our community has seen its fair share of Ponzi schemes, phony investments, and thieves who prey on fellow members of their kehilla; We...
MAILBAG: Askanim In Toms River Just Slammed The Frum Community With A Wrecking Ball
The past few weeks have been tumultuous for myself and my fellow Toms River residents. Since I moved in six years ago, my family...
MAILBAG: Why Ending Summer Vacation Early Is Needed And Long Overdue
Dear YWN,
The Gedolim of Torah Umesorah are trying to correct a problem in the calendar that we have had for decades. When Rosh Chodesh...
MAILBAG: A Yeshiva Rebbi’s Thoughts On The Decision To End Summer Vacation Early
To whom it may concern.
I am a longtime Rebbi in a Brooklyn Yeshiva. I never in a million years thought I would have to...
MAILBAG: The Real Culprits Are The Liberals And Their Policies
I'm somewhat shocked at the way YWN has been covering the Jordan Neely story. Instead of describing what truly happened and who Neely really...
MAILBAG: Serious Kashrus Issue At Nyack Hospital
There is an issue I have now twice encountered at Nyack Hospital that I believe is critical to share with your audience.
Three years ago,...
MAILBAG: It’s Not Just Women. Bnei Melech Need Guidelines Too
I was pleasantly surprised upon recently seeing an ad dedicated to bnos melech - frum Jewish girls and women - exhorting them to be...
MAILBAG: All Bibi Has to Do is Pay Attention to the Plight of Charedim
An open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu:
Dear Mr. Netanyahu,
I am writing to you for a very simple reason, the reason being that...
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...