Recently, in VIN, Rabbi Elchanan Poupko wrote an article with the heading "The Death of the Baal Teshuva Movement?" in which he postulates that the Baal Teshuva Movement is either dying or even dead.

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 ...

Why is a baal teshuva on such a high spiritual level that even holy tzadikkim cannot achieve it? The answer is given by the Rav in one of his most moving teshuva lectures, given in 1969 and just ...

'Teshuva': How can one atone for their sins and get God's forgiveness? While people should in fact do teshuva for all their sins, they should not be paralyzed by the enormity of the work that needs to ...

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.

Teshuva is a command of the heart and of the soul. Most mitzvot summon us to perform tangible actions. The emotions we bring to these acts may enrich the mitzvah, deepening the experience, but they ...

Sign up for the Yiddish Brief, a bissel of all things Yiddish, brought to you weekly by our Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter. A new video recording in which the late ...

Prints and multiples, Offset Lithograph Poster. This rare vintage 1972 poster was acquired from the private collection of the renowned philanthropists, collectors and art historians Jacob and Aviva ...