Ami Magazine

Rav Yaakov Yitzchak Galinsky, zt”l (5681/1921–5774/2014) was a legendary maggid who traveled the world giving inspiring drashos peppered with mussar, bitachon and hadrachah. He was a towering baal bitachon who lit up the postwar generation with his sharp vertlach, piercing meshalim and unshakable emunah. Born in Krynki, Poland, he learned in the legendary Novardok Ye...

It happened shortly after the fighting began and we entered northern Gaza. I was a battalion doctor with the Givati Reconnaissance Unit. We entered Jabalia, the second-most densely populated refugee camp in the world. When an anti-tank missile struck our position, two soldiers were killed instantly, and three others were seriously wounded,” Lieutenant Dr. Chananel Sh...

“If we leave, who will remain to safeguard the Jewish remnants of Iraq?” Benjamin Elias asks. “Our Jewish community here was once so magnificent. Can we simply allow it to disappear?”

Baghdad is among the oldest and most important centers of Jewish life of yore, whose sages were renowned throughout the world. At its height, the Jewish community numbe...

Nearly a decade ago, we introduced Ami readers to Ephraim Arnstein, whose volunteer work at Oorah and passion for organization and problem-solving had grown into Bitbean, a software company serving both the frum world and major national clients. At the time, our conversation focused on his unconventional path into technology, his commitment to Torah values in busines...

“I think [Trump’s] 20-point plan, which was adopted by the UN Security Council, and now moving forward with the guidelines and the agreements that are going to be reached, is a very positive step with the clear caveat…that Hamas must be disarmed, and I hope Hamas will be disarmed fully.”
—Israeli President Yitzchak Herzog, putting a positive spin o...