Out Of The Mailbag

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...

I am so sick and tired of the double standard we apply to our politicians, where if an elected official with an 'R' at...

Yesterday, I went shopping for donuts. Today, I'm wondering how I'm going to pay my credit card bill next month. You see, I wanted to...

For years, our community has been debating on the best way to solve the shidduch crisis. At the heart of the issue is the...

I was shocked and appalled at the recently conducted interview with the "chosson" of a frum Jewish girl who was exposed as non-Jewish and...

Dear Editor, I write this appalled, ashamed, and frankly infuriated at what has become commonplace in frum communities in recent months. Ever since Covid-19 vaccines first became widely...

By now voters in Flatbush are aware that there is a city council race for the 48th District between Steven Saperstein and Inna Vernikov....

Andrew Cuomo was once an ally of the Orthodox Jewish community or so we thought. Yes community leaders had access and a perceived relationship...

With all the talk of Ben & Jerry’s turning their back on the larger Jewish community, and the memes flying everywhere, it seems appropriate...

Today is a weird day, I can’t really focus but I am just feeling like I need to make this point. Never underestimate the power...

Haven't we had ENOUGH? The Flatbush community has an opportunity to send a new councilmember to City Hall today. The 48th Council District is poised...

In the tragic crush in Meron last week, which claimed the lives of 45 people in Israel’s largest civilian disaster in history, the Jewish...

As one of the thousands of Passover travelers preparing to make my way back home from Florida to the tri-state area, I started my...

We can’t thank you enough for all that you always do for us. Living here in Eretz Yisroel has given us the most amazing...

Dear Yeshiva World News, I didn't think that I would be writing this, but the meshigas has been going on now for almost two weeks...

So here we go again. Another week, another לוָי'ָ, another one of our brethren is gone. I know it sounds cliché but it’s really the truth. And...

I have nothing but praise for the Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbonim of Lakewood. They took a bold move and put out strict guidelines for...

Dear YWN, I have two children currently in Eretz Yisroel. My son is in a prominent yeshiva, and daughter in a well-known seminary. It is becoming...

Diversity and Inclusion and Getting Assaulted in Target: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far the Other Way? I was shopping with my wife at a...

(By: B.A. Mentch) Four years ago, in early November 2016, I wrote a scathing article about President Trump titled: The “A to Z Bumps. Why...

I once criticized a Jewish friend of mine for verbally attacking other Jews with the offhand comment that he was an anti-Semite. “If so,...

I’m a simple person. I ain’t no doctor. I ain’t no Rov. I can’t tell you if masks will stop/slow the virus or if masks...

Dear YWN, I wanted to let your readers know of the following disturbing incident. I was shopping in Dollar Tree located at 67 St Georges Ave,...

For months, protestors were in the streets in NYC, rioters destroyed countless stores and caused millions of dollars in damages while the government largely...

As the father of Jacob Kornbluh, I wish to express my horror and disgust at the trolls and vile comments and curses directed towards...

"Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews burn masks in violent protests." So ran a recent Washington Post headline. This stands in stark contrast to the great lengths...

Mr. Tischler is a rabble rouser of the worst type, calling government officials who generally respect, and assist, the Jews of NY, horrific names...

Dear YWN, I am very disturbed by what happened last night in Boro park. As much as Cuomo is discriminating against the Jewish community, why are...

Dear members of Lakewood, A few months ago, if anyone would have told me we would be heading toward March again, or even a tiny...

To Our Community, My wife recently tested positive for COVID-19 after spending all summer in the mountains. After testing positive for the virus, we let...