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Jul 1, 2018, 9:00 AM

The Silent Scream (Book Excerpt)

A few years ago, I merited to spend three consecutive summers working with special needs children. Needless to say, I earned far more than I gave in terms of the lessons in fortitude, positivity, and love that these special...

Jun 12, 2018, 1:05 AM

A Lesson Learned

Dear Rabbi Gordimer, Thank you for your well-written response to my article and your affirmation of some of its main points. While I strongly stand by everything I wrote and do not mean this letter as a retraction in any...

Jun 7, 2018, 7:45 AM

The war has already been won: The modern-day revival of Hasidus and the future of Orthodoxy

Rabbi Elimelech Biderman and thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrating in Meron, Northern Israel, December 1, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Hasidut gets the credit for shifting many who were only going through the motions to keeping mitzvot with fervor

Mar 13, 2018, 10:53 AM

The Real Reality

With many boys and girls returning to America after their year of transformation in Israel, I would like to share a poem I wrote a few years back expressing my deep frustration at the attitude of some American Jews toward...

Feb 6, 2018, 9:57 PM

Spiritual Abuse: An Injustice No One Is Talking About

We are either the last Jews or those who will hand over the entire past to generations to come. We will either forfeit or enrich the legacy of the ages.” -Professor A.J Heschel We are living in a time and place...

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About Me

Yaakov Klein is the author of Sparks from Berditchov: An Inspirational Guide to Avodas Hashem recently released by Feldheim Publishers. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Shira, where he teaches for the Illinois Center for Jewish Studies, writes a bi-weekly column for the Jewish Home and produces music.