Dovid Margolin

The war in Iran began in spectacular fashion. Just a few weeks ago, a joint American-Israeli attack on Iran’s military capabilities and leadership was launched in the late hours of the morning, neutralizing dozens of dangerous enemies of the Jewish people...

“Be more Jewish, act more Jewish and appear more Jewish.”

The groundbreaking new biography by Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie reveals how the Sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson stood steadfast against Soviet oppression, reimagined American Judaism and ignited a global Jewish renaissance. Tune in for a conv...

Kevin Schmelzlen was in San Diego visiting his mother when the news broke. Something was unfolding in Israel, something big and terrible. It was Oct. 7, 2023. The brutal images on Schmelzlen’s screen were unlike anything he had ever seen before. “I had my...

A large shell ripped through the roof of Kherson’s central synagogue late Thursday afternoon. The approximately five-foot long tube, which appeared to be the cargo section of a Russian cluster munition, pierced the synagogue roof, slamming through the sec...

The most powerful lessons are the ones taught to us by example. Realizing this now, I am so grateful to my father, who over the course of my childhood I’d hear frequently singing the praises of his mother-in-law, my late maternal grandmother. “I loved my ...

This article first appeared in August, a few days after Tom Lehrer’s passing. We're running it again because it’s a Chanukah story—and because these frigid December nights may leave some readers pining to light their menorah amid the California flora, etc...

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Kherson, along with his wife and daughter, escaped unharmed after their vehicle was struck by a Russian suicide drone in a direct hit on their car. The harrowing incident occurred on Thursday eve...

The same Torah that commands us not to murder, underscores the vital importance of protecting the lives of the innocent, and guides us how and when to fight wars.

Sholom DovBer Lipskar was in many ways a baby boomer, a child of the post-war generation that would change everything. He, too, had a sort of wild drive to upend this imperfect world. Like the most successful of his contemporaries, he was also blessed wit...