Every Tuesday night, in the lively center of Tel Aviv—the city that never sleeps—a special scene unfolds. Bochurim from ...

So… how’s it working out for you now that you have become observant? This is a question to Baalei Teshuva (BTs) that I think may very well be ignored – or at ...

Aish Hatorah Center opposite the Western Wall, Jerusalem. In a recent issue of Mishpacha Magazine the important issue of Baal Teshuva (BT) regret was tackled. The Baal Teshuva phenomenon is a subject ...

The baal teshuvah’s choice implies a rejection of a way of life that family and friends still find fulfilling. On the flip side, family and friends often assume, outwardly or not, that a baal teshuvah ...

This is the second article by Rabbi Samson on the subject, although each stands on its own. For the first, click here. In his book “Orot HaT’shuva” Rabbi Kook teaches that the path to Hashem lies in a ...

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In his new novel, “The World Without You,” Joshua Henkin takes a close look at the interior life of the Frankel family as they come together for a weekend at their country house in the Berkshires.

Bruce Cantz grew up in the San Fernando Valley, where he had a good Conservative upbringing and was bar mitzvahed at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino. Now a baal teshuvah (returned to Judaism) who goes by ...

HUC professor documents the role of language in taking on new, observant lifestyle. Princeton — Over a kosher Chinese meal at a Lunch & Learn program in Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life, ...