The Incredible Story of Chaim
On 14 Cheshvan last year, on an ordinary Tuesday morning, a little boy was born in Ziv Hospital, on a hilltop in the mystical...
Bubby’s Little Rose // How long could we keep up the name charade?
“Hindy! Put down that vase!” I gasped. “You’re going to break it!”
“Hindy?” Bubby looked up in surprise. “Who’s Hindy?”
Ouch. I could have bitten my...
Finding the Right Words
My world was shattered when I joined the ranks of the wounded the day my daughter was diagnosed with cancer. The world I lived...
The Long Shot on Erev Shabbos // Why would a non-Jewish lawyer be willing...
“You’re a salesman, aren’t you?”
It was 11 a.m. on the Friday before Yom Kippur, and Rabbi Katzman was on the phone.
“I need you...
A Women’s Advocate // Sara Siemiatycki wants you to know that your health...
It all began with an article I read in Yated Ne’eman in 2002 that quoted a study by Dr. Dorit Isaac, saying that frum...
The Mysterious Benefactor // My father- in-law was adamant that my husband get a...
Whenever I check my bank balance, I hold my breath, sure that this month it didn’t arrive. But month after month there it is—$10,000...
In a tight spot // our nocturnal caller was over the top
“Rrrrriiiiinnnnnggg!” The shrill sound of the telephone broke the peaceful silence. My heart did a little flip-flop as I stared blankly at the bedside...
A Taste of his Own Medicine
In the fall of 1999, Doug Lindsay was a student preparing for his senior year in college with a bright future as a biochemistry...
From Darkness to Light // The incredible journey of Tamar Sultanov
It’s the month of Kislev, the month of light and joy, when the radiance of Torah illuminates our homes and our lives.
Tamar Sultanov, 27,...
The Inheritance // My father-in-law had always threatened to cut my brother-in-law out of...
My parents were Holocaust survivors who had lost their entire families during the war. I grew up an only child, and always wondered what...
