My Surprising Encounter with Alpha-gal Syndrome // A small...
It’s been a year since the day that a microscopic bug changed my life. But here I am getting ahead of myself and starting...
Wandering Jew // They had fled the inquisition to the new world. But now...
Background:
The War of Jenkins’ Ear was a conflict between England and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748. Among the many battles that were...
The real deal? // Are the designer products you are buying fake?
The white tiles gleamed under the sparkling chandeliers. Although the hour was late, the store buzzed with shoppers. The designer bags I was looking...
The Clue Was in the Pizza // After years of nearly...
It all started right after I returned to England from my seminary year in Eretz Yisrael. No sooner had I landed than my stomachaches...
Win for Life // it takes two dollars and a dream
It definitely wasn’t an addiction. She didn’t do it every day, or every week, or even every month. Tziporah bought lottery tickets only on...
Saving Sara // My Battle to Heal My Child from devastating lyme-related conditions
At first glance, you’d think I was a typical mother, sitting in the circle outside her bungalow chatting away. But if you looked deeper,...
My Mother and the Gan // A decision had to be made to ...
As if raising 16 children of her own wasn’t enough, for many years my mother ran a small playgroup in her house. It was...
Noteworthy // What a difference a day makes
Forty is only eleven in Scrabble!
I looked up from the birthday card, my nose twitching slightly. Mendel was standing in front of me with...
To Harmonize a Nation // The peaceful struggle of Etti Ankri
After Etti Ankri, the Israeli musical icon, posted a message to her fans on social media stating, “A fundamental law that is meant to...
Of Medicine, Miracles & Mindsets // A little boy with half a heart steals...
“Think good and it will be good.”
On Chanukah 2015, Elie Estrin, the Chabad shliach on the campus of the University of Washington, was preparing...
