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When did people start making schlissel challah? Why do women light multiple Shabbos candles when the Gemara says to light one? Why do we say "Shalom Aleichem" at Kiddush Levanah when according to Shulchan Aruch we should say "Shalom Alecha"? Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron, author of Jewish Customs: Exploring Common and Uncommon Minhagim, answers these fascinating questions and more.

Professor Bryan Caplan, a bestselling author and economist at George Mason University, discusses some of his most controversial books, Don't Be a Feminist, The Case Against Education, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, and Build, Baby, Build.

Rabbi Ben Packer, director of the Jerusalem Heritage House, returns to give an update on the Israel-Gaza war. Why is Israel giving free food to its enemy? Should Israel establish Jewish settlements in Gaza? Was giving the Sinai Desert to Egypt a mistake? Why did Israel respond with a whimper after Arabs set Yehoshua's tomb on fire the other week? Will a true Jewish leader ever take charge in Israel? If yes, how? Rabbi Packer answers these questions a...

Liberals (and a handful of conservatives) believe dropping the atom bombs on Japan in August 1945 was immoral. But what was the alternative? Could the U.S. have won the war in a less bloody fashion? Could American and Japanese lives have been saved? Mike Cote – a highly knowledgeable historian whose articles have been published by National Review and The Federalist – discusses these fascinating questions and more.Mike Cote's website: https://rationalpolicy.comCote's ar...

Mrs. Sarah Karmely is a Mashhadi Jew who was born in India, grew up in England, married in Italy, and now lives in America. An author, teacher, marriage counselor, and international lecturer, she started becoming frum after her husband suddenly became totally paralyzed and then just as suddenly – and inexplicably – started talking and walking only after hours after receiving a beracha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Yeshiva University has a long history of tolerating extreme left-wing views and activities on campus (while showing little tolerance for extreme right-wing views). To cite just two examples: It employed a transgender professor for 15 years and continues to employ a Bible(!) professor who advocates ignoring the Torah's views on homosexuality. Can YU therefore continue to call itself a Torah institution? Jonathan Gross, formerly a rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska (who sold chametz to ...