The Yeshiva World Podcast

As parents, one of our primary responsibilities is being mechanech our children. It can be extremely rewarding to see our children develop and thrive. Yet like most things, it has its challenges.

How can we maximize the results that our children get from their yeshiva education? How can we communicate with Rabbeim, teachers, and Hanhalla members, to ensure that our children’s personal  are taken care of? Even though we are not with our kids in yeshiva and don’t see what happens on a daily basis, is there more we can do to ensure that our kids get the most from the classroom experience?

Yaakov M speaks with Moishe Fried, renowned social worker and CEO of ClasStars, about these issues and much more.

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This week the unthinkable happened–the Israeli government has announced that American Yeshivos and Seminaries will be allowed to open in Elul. Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz, the head of the coalition of Yeshivas and Seminaries for B’nei Chu”l, has spent weeks working with Gedolim and government officials to pull this off. In this riveting interview, he shares the backstory  that many people are unaware of. He discusses his fascinating conversations with HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlit”a. He talks about the immense achdus and Kiddush Hashem that has come out of all this. He explains why he believes the government will keep this policy in place and not retract. And he explains why despite a total shutdown on foreign travelers, the government has agreed to let American students into the country.

In this exclusive interview, Councilman Kalman Yeger discusses the movement to defund the police. He discusses Mayor DeBlasio’s radical anti-police policies, and AOC’s ridiculous claim that the surge is related to hunger. He also talks about whether residents should move out of NYC. The councilman speaks about whether frum communities are iimpacted by the spike in crime. He discusses the Israeli plan to declare sovereignty in the West Bank. And much more.

In this exclusive interview, Dr. Daniel Berman, Infectious Disease Specialist at Montefiore Medical Center, shares powerful advice and wisdom about Covid19.

Dr. Berman answers these questions and many more:

Could there be a second wave in NY and NJ?

Why do some states still appear to be spiking?

Can families get together for Shabbos?

Do antibodies eventually wear off?

What if you don’t have antibodies?

Do we really need to wear masks?

And much more

In this exclusive interview, Rav Yeruchim Silber, New York State Director of Government Affairs for Agudas Yisrael, discusses the lawsuit brought by frum camps against Governor Cuomo.

In this interview Rabbi Silber discusses:

Whether Jewish camps are protected by religious freedom

Why there was no public campaign to pressure Cuomo

Why the lawsuit was not filed earlier

The difference between day camps and sleepaway (or lack thereof)

And much more

Director of Amudim Rabbi Zvi Gluck discusses the recent spike in anxiety, depression, domestic abuse, substance abuse, and much more. He also discusses the groundbreaking psak by Rav Dovid Cohen shlita, sometimes permitting the use of technology to reach out to a mental health professional on Shabbos and Yom Tov. And he explains how Amudim’s hardworking staff has responded to the unprecedented need for counseling. And much more.

Lakewood Doctor Daniel Roth discusses the next phases of reopening in the frum community. He speaks about minyanim, summer camps, the Yomim Noraim. He also discusses hydroxychloroquine, the riots, and much more.

On Tuesday, Mayor De Blasio outraged many people by defending the rioters, despite their breaking of lockdown restrictions and endangering lives. In this exclusive interview, Councilman Kalman Yeger responds to the Mayor. He also discussed the riots, George Floyd, why the Governor  and Mayor have refused to allow struggling businesses to reopen, the release of hundreds of rioters without bail, and much more.

In this exclusive interview, Binyamin Rose, Editor-at-Large at Mishpacha Magazine and Israeli politics expert, provides in-depth analysis of the unity deal between Bibi Netanyahu and Benny Gantz. (Click here to view all of Binyamin’s reporting and podcasts.)

Analysis includes:

Winners and losers of the unity deal

Cabinet ministry negotiations

Will the deal last for 3 years?

Why did Gantz reverse his course?

Will Avigdor Liberman and Yair Lapid bounce back?

Will Israel reduce dealings with China, as the US has been urging?

Much more

Rabbi Glatt, Board Certified Infectious Disease expert, discusses when can life go back to normal. A big part of the equation is antibody testing.

How reliable are antibody tests? Which are the most accurate? Does the presence of antibodies mean you’re immune?

Plus: Should camps and bungalows should be open this summer? What might the recovery phase look like? And much more.