https://www.jns.org/author/yaakov-ort After a 35-year career on the news and business sides of The New York Times, retiring as group director for creative services, Yaakov Ort served as deputy communications director and editor-in-chief at Yeshiva University, and was the founding editor of the Jewish Learning Institute’s Torah Studies program. He served for 12 years as news editor and senior editor at Chabad.org, and as editor of books on Chassidic thought, including Daily Wisdom, vols. II and III (Kehot); and Wisdom to Heal the Earth (Ezra Press/Kehot). Currently, he is writing a book on Kabbalistic somatic healing of trauma, and recently completed the draft of a new translation and Chassidic commentary on the daily and Shabbat siddur. en-US Mon, 02 Mar 2026 02:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-ort/a-sober-purim-is-a-joyful-purim 0000019c-d3c8-d83f-adfd-d3ed713e001b Mon, 02 Mar 2026 02:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-ort/a-sober-purim-is-a-joyful-purim https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-ort/what-the-paper-of-record-has-become 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f485230003 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:45:18 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-ort/what-the-paper-of-record-has-become https://www.jns.org/jewish-life/6500-chabad-rabbis-and-guests-chart-jewish-revival-at-new-york-forum 0000019c-c0a1-d325-af9e-d7f5f1ac0080 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:54:28 GMT https://www.jns.org/jewish-life/6500-chabad-rabbis-and-guests-chart-jewish-revival-at-new-york-forum