Raizy Rubinfeld

For over five years, Rav Chaim Brisker stood at the center of efforts to create an international organization for Torah Jewry, but at the founding conference of Agudas Yisrael in 1912, he presented 18 conditions for his participation and left with no resolution. Negotiations continued, and his relationship with the movement remained disputed. But where was that list?

Rav Ahron Soloveichik taught in institutions spanning the frum spectrum, but that wasn’t the only dichotomic aspect of this gadol b’Torah, who was at once sensitive, compassionate, and humble, yet uncompromising in his halachic standards and undeterred by pain and disability.

Is Good Stress Keeping You Up? Rocheli Sternheim You’re planning a wedding, a bar mitzvah, a big family reunion, or maybe you just landed an exciting promotion at work that comes with more prestige, a bigger title, and an endless to-do list. Even though you’re thrilled and nothing is actually wrong, you find yourself staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m. with a mind buzzing with seating charts, work emails, and dreams for the future.