Shattered Glass // I watched in despair as my dreams of a happy...
The house was quiet, with the kind of peace that only Shabbos can bring. I sat down lazily on the couch, ready to enjoy...
Defining Indecency Down // Using the Holocaust as a political tool endangers its...
It may have started back in the summer of 2020, when a Kansas Republican county chairman posted a caricature of the state’s Democratic governor,...
The Menorah That Almost Wasn’t // Late one Chanukah night, the Mother of...
The generosity of the Sanzer Rav, known as the Divrei Chaim, was legendary. There was always a long line of needy people at his...
The Bride Wagamama // Ironically, her neshamah was brought to the surface in...
Alithograph hung on the wall of Liane Grunberg Wakabayashi’s childhood home in New York. “The chasidim, drawn in pen and ink, were dancing in...
My Uncle Leibu // My mother would not allow him to leave the...
My mother, Suzsi Groszberg, was a feisty, strong-minded woman of exceptional courage. This fortitude enabled her to survive the furnace of Europe and rebuild...
Pages of History // Rescuing Sefarim from Romania By Shterna Karp
“I’ll wait in the car,” Rabbi Tvardovitz told his wife, Ruchi. The two had just pulled up outside an old building in the center...
The Item in the Basement // Was there a secret behind...
It had been a long, hard week, the tail end of a long, hard month, and I was feeling as stormy and dreary as...
Unexpected Treasures // The miracle of finding pieces of yourself you didn’t...
When a diamond suddenly slips out of its setting and plunges into a dark hole from which it can never be retrieved, there is...
All of our Lives // Dancing Shadows by Nechama Bornstein
I was living in Copenhagen and it was my first Chanukah.
Every night I would light the shamash, add one more candle to my grandparents’...
Now, That’s a Cup of Coffee! // Disappointment turns to amazement on the...
Everyone in the kosher food industry knows about Kosherfest, a two-day trade fair in New Jersey that draws thousands of manufacturers, distributors and suppliers...
