Rivkah Lambert Adler

Jan 25, 2025 | jpost.com | Rivkah Lambert Adler

Relationship coach, matchmaker, and author Aleeza Ben Shalom is best known for her role as the matchmaker on the 2023 Netflix reality series Jewish Matchmaking. On social media, her brand is perky with a side of humor. Her advice on how long to keep dating someone before you decide that he or she is not for you is “Date ’em till you hate ’em,” which has become her catchphrase.

Dec 16, 2024 | jpost.com | Rivkah Lambert Adler

The Magazine spoke to Israeli men and women who have served in the army and/or have children in uniform. Here’s what they had to say about the haredi draft debacle. There are simple arguments on both sides of the debate over drafting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) yeshiva students into the IDF.

Dec 8, 2024 | jpost.com | Rivkah Lambert Adler |Mindy Aber Barad |Adina Kopinsky |Hanna Yerushalmi

There is something about war – the violence, the worry, the loss, the fear, the love, the grief, the hopeful prayers – that summons poetry from deep within the soul. There is something about our war, more than 400 days of it, that compels Jewish poets to attempt to capture something ephemeral. Poetry is a vehicle for that. Of the myriads of poems written since last Oct. 7, we present six that highlight our collective thoughts and emotions. Being weary of war. Dealing with national grief.

Dec 6, 2024 | jpost.com | Rivkah Lambert Adler

When a sneak preview concert of the new rock musical David the Servant King was staged by and for the women of Efrat and Gush Etzion after the events of Oct. 7, the response was so extraordinary that a second performance was scheduled. As the war continues, the message and hope conveyed by this concert, planned for the Shalva National Center in Jerusalem on December 19, becomes more relevant and necessary. The full production, with lyrics and music by Shlomit Koffler Weinreb, awaits funding.

Nov 9, 2024 | jpost.com | Rivkah Lambert Adler

A long-standing rabbinic decree in Mexico refuses to recognize converts and admit them into Jewish communities, preventing converts from making aliyah. Three Jews are languishing in Mexico City, unable to make aliyah. This is their story.