3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (673+ words) Every year on the 25th of Elul, while Jews around the world recite Selichot and prepare for Rosh Hashanah, my family marks the yahrzeit of my Zeidi, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Mordechai Hershberg, zt”l. I never had the privilege of meeting…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (849+ words) Awash in grievance, our “gotcha” culture drowns out gratitude. The domineering, loudmouth cranks refuse to give thanks. Social media and mainstream media gripe machines feed a sky-is-falling hysteria. Left and Right, in Israel and abroad, haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and secular, too many…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (221+ words) (Courtesy of Religious Zionists of America) Pace Cooper of Memphis will serve as the new president of the RZA, leading a strong slate of national board and executive board members. In accepting the presidency, Cooper reflected on the opportunity to…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (296+ words) Part of that was not up to him. He came down with pneumonia, leaving him bedridden for two months, and then sustained a back injury that took over a year to correct. The move to Teaneck happened somewhere in the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (420+ words) Driving through cities across Israel, you’ll often come across a familiar name: Rav Mordechai Eliyahu. It appears on street signs in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Netanya, Lod and beyond. The fact that so many streets are named for someone who passed…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (208+ words) The Jewish Link Lost, Rescued, Rebuilt: How One Institution Saved the Intellectual Legacy of Eastern European Jewry Highlighting: “Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America: The YIVO Institute at 100,” by Kalman Weiser. Wayne State University Press. Sept. 24, 2026. Paperback: 356 pages. ISBN-10:‎ 0814353398, ISBN-13: ‎978-0814353394. (Courtesy…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (177+ words) For years now, Martin Bodek has been wearing cuff links themed to the week's parsha, to stimulate conversation around the Shabbat table. Naturally, it begged for a wider audience, and The Jewish Link seems like a perfect home—especially in…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (15+ words) How A Catholic Attorney on Rosh Hashanah Became ‘King of the Jews’ The Jewish Link...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (132+ words) Think about how lovely the world would be if each of us at the end of the day stood back and thought about one thing that we did that we regret and one thing that was done that was positive....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (663+ words) After a talk I gave recently ahead of Rosh Hashanah, a teenage girl came up to me and asked, “What is the most important thing my family and I should actually do on Rosh Hashanah?” “Hear the shofar,” I told…...