Yaakov Barr

Q: I’m 52 years old. My father passed away when I was 17 and my mother passed away last year. Although I have three siblings who live within a 20-minute drive from my mother’s home, they are all “very busy” people. My two brothers have many business and community responsibilities, and my sister is the principal of a high school and the mother of 12 children.

Rabbi Tovia Singer has over 100,000 subscribers who want hear how he helps Jews get out of the church and return to their Jewish faith. Rav Gav Friedman, who gives shiurim that get recorded and uploaded by others, says that “you don’t know where they’ll end up, but Hashem’s in charge.” Rabbi Uri Lati’s shiurim in Arabic reach sheikhs and imams in mosques across the Middle East. In Israel, where it’s become cool to be traditional, Sivan Rahav Meir’s channel is the first stop in Jewish identity.

No Comparison [Inbox / Issue 1117] The letter called “Is It a Coincidence?” comparing the plight of illegal aliens in the US to that of chareidim in Israel who are legally considered draft evaders left me genuinely confused at the comparison. Consider the following points: 1) Breaking into a country is obviously different than being persecuted by your own country.