Out Of The Mailbag

Dear YWN staff, First off I would like to thank the YWN personnel for their extensive coverage over what the Gedolei Yisrael have instructed during...

Dear YWN. Two manila envelopes arrive in the mail yesterday unexpectedly, so I opened them up - and to my surprise and bewilderment, they were...

To the YWN staff, I would like to start off by expressing my appreciation to for your kosher coverage of daily news. It is to...

Dear YWN, I’ve lived in the Five Towns my entire life and I grew up always in the middle between Yeshivish and Modern, and recently...

Dear YWN, When I told my husband that my son's Yeshiva is giving off for Lag Baomer he thought it was a Purim shtick (if...

Der YWN, Last week, YWN published a letter from the father of a Kallah regarding the insane spending on Chasunos. Please publish the following from...

Dear YWN, This letter is in response to the outrageous letter by NY State Senator Jen Metzger ([email protected]) published by YWN a few days ago. Let...

I am not a huge follower of politics and I can’t say I know every detail of what goes into the decision making process...

Dear YWN, After seeing the letter from a Chosson last week, here’s a letter from a "Father of a Kallah". Sitting in Quarantine under very trying...

I am a choson a few short weeks away from my chasunah. Being engaged brings about many new feelings and emotions in all that...

I recently got up from Shiva for another of Corona’s victims and immediately sat down to write this short article in the hope that...

This is not the America, I once knew. I used to be immensely proud to be an American. This country provided oxygenation to me...

This is in response to the person who is taking on the chevas daas of the 57 Rabbis in the Five Towns/Far Rockaway community...

L’Kovod Chashuve Five Towns & Far Rockaway Rabbanim, I, like most of the community received the letter that was put out on Friday (and published...

Eicha - How has it happened that the season of renewal and optimism has become a period of indescribable pain and devastation? Eicha – How...

Dear Acheinu Kol Beis Yisrael Hanisunim Batzara Ubashivya, The extraordinary display of compassion and chessed born of the current crisis, R”L, has be an exceptional...

Dear Fellow Relatives of Corona Patients, I am reaching out to you not as a medical professional but as the daughter of a beloved father...

Dear Hatzolah Wives, Over the past 3 weeks our lives have turned from the usual to the unexpected. As wives of Hatzoloh members we have the...

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

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of England, once described anti-Semitism as a virus and sickness of the soul, which has no...

Dear YWN, I am a mispallel in R' Rottenbergs Shul and live around the corner. We were at a family Chanukah chaggiga at my sister-in-law...

(By Zvi Gluck) Ask a first grader in any yeshiva what Chanukah is all about and he/she will tell you how a small container of...

You know the expression, time heals all wounds? Or, forgive and forget? Well, sometimes that just doesn’t happen, try as you may. When I was...

Dear YWN readership, I went shopping today in Brooklyn at Bingo, and parked in the Bingo parking lot using a handicapped parking spot with proper...

Who is guitarist Avi Singolda, and why is this important? I will explain. Avi Singolda was introduced to the Jewish music industry around 25 years ago...

The Chillul Hashem that played out last week in a public forum has shook me to the core. As a member of Chevra Hatzolah,...

Dear YWN Editor and the People of Israel, As an Israeli-American and the mother of a Netzach Yehuda (Nahal Haharedi) soldier serving in the Shomron,...

Dear YWN, I am unsure what to think about it, but there are some Yeshivos that have told their students that they may not go...

YWN NOTE: There are still approximately 20 girls without a high school to go to in Lakewood, and an unknown number of children still...

Many Yeshivos have a policy that you need to purchase Yeshiva Dollars to spend which helps the Yeshiva pull in income. Some Yeshivos have...

Dear Readers, I wish to share with you my personal thoughts on an issue that I have seen and likely many of you have experienced...

Dear fellow brother, I was shocked and horrified when I found out that my sons camp is paying their Rebbeim the same salary as they...

'Lo Sa'amod al Dam Rei'echa!' Our dear Jewish Brothers and Sisters, We are writing to you out of deep frustration and genuine fear for innocent Jewish...

Dear Rabbi Frankfurter (Editor of Ami Magazine), I am reaching out to you as an avid Ami fan and subscriber. But I am also reaching...