Shabbos on the Belt Parkway // No one knew where we were
Growing up, my uncle was my first exposure to the fact that not all men are created equal. He liked to putter around the...
A Studio Grows in Brooklyn // Rochel Leah Reifer creates music and helps others...
Nestled among the unassuming red-brick homes on a densely populated street of Boro Park lies a music studio. From the outside, one would never...
I Heard a Voice // Passing along the message
One night eight years ago, Shloimi was asleep in bed. It was almost dawn, and he was just beginning to wake up when he...
Chicago’s Curious Shabbos Minhag Mystery // Everyone agrees that Chicago brings in Shabbos a...
Everyone needs a hobby during the pandemic—something to keep us busy, take our minds off the day-to-day restrictions and difficulties in our routines—and a...
Story of the Little Doll, the Border Guard, and Me // Everyone has a...
Creak, creak, creak sang the rocking chair. Bubby’s voice blended with it, sounding like a nightingale’s song accompanied by a fiddler.
Every Thursday she...
Desperately Seeking Garbage // Yitta Halbertam takes Bal Tashchis to the extreme on an...
I’ve walked these streets before. I stand on a street corner in the West Village, home to stately brownstone mansions, New York University’s...
Dream Visitor // A chance to make Amends
C
hedva Taplin was dreaming. In the dream, she was talking to a woman she did not know, a woman who seemed very upset with...
Standing Your Ground // Was she “nuts” or was it a nut?
It was a bright sunny day, harboring no premonitions of disaster. Marie had driven from her home in Marietta, Georgia, to Nashville, Tennessee, (where...
Are You Ruining Your Child’s Future Relationships? // The actions we take now as...
Can it be that we parents may unknowingly be impeding our children’s abilities to form strong relationships later in life? This thought came to...
Fear & Freedom // Two friends gaze across the chasm of illness and infection
On a muggy evening in late September (fall offering no respite from the stifling heat of the previous months; airless and oppressive, the physical...
