Shalom Bayis is Important— Really
I went through the Bais Yaakov system, both high school and seminary, and over and over again I heard that the most important thing for...
Leah Romm is determined to protect frum women in the workplace
Leah Romm has always balanced opposite worlds. She grew up as a Hebrew-speaking girl in Yerushalayim, but she went to seminary in Gateshead, England,...
Bringing Bubby: A family simchah is for the whole family
“Rafi’s getting married?”
It was two weeks before my son’s wedding, and I was both amused and annoyed by my mother’s question. On the one...
Aha! Moments: A True Believer
In 2007, the Los Angeles Bikur Cholim ran a campaign to raise money for poverty-stricken Holocaust survivors, with the funds going to pay their...
Nothing Swell About it at All: For years, my son’s extremities would blow up...
When your child has a rare disease that affects fewer than .01% of the population, it makes sense that most doctors won’t recognize it....
It Won’t Happen to Us: Dr. Neta Peleg-Oren Is Working to Stop Intermarriage Among...
I was a typical Israeli Jew—educated, successful and ambitious—when we made the momentous decision to move to Florida so I could continue my education.
I...
Purim, Revisited: Excerpt from the notebook of Mrs. Faigy Kurlansky
I don’t know what came over me this year, but it’s leil Purim, and I’m not running around like a chicken without a head....
Variations on a Theme: Who knew that Purim could be so complicated?
My life will forever be divided into PBT and PAT: Purim before themes, and Purim after themes. When I was a bachur, Purim was...
Passing the Bottle—Oops, the Buck: It was a Purim we will never forget
My son got married two weeks before Purim. As I walked sedately down the aisle, my arm in the crook of my son’s, a...
Unmasking the Past: A modern-day tale of mystery and closure
I met David and Kristin recently at an event where I heard David share his family’s incredible story.
A short time later, I had the...
