Crisis Averted // Discovering what was wrong with her baby ensured the safety...
“I know you’ll want a lot of healthy babies. And it is possible—if you are taken care of properly. But there is no pushing...
The Conference // Scenes from a bus shelter
So as not to appear as if I was just coming for the party, I set myself the target of arriving at the conference...
Make Cuba Kosher Again // Cuban-born Saul Berenthal and his American-born daughter, Cindy...
With its tropical climate, pristine beaches and over 1,500 miles of coastline, the island nation of Cuba, only 90 miles off the coast of...
Last Names Can be Deceiving // Please don’t judge me by my in-laws’ money
The question is inevitable. Whenever I introduce myself, something clicks.
“Oh, your father-in-law is so-and-so?”
Yes, that’s my father-in-law. He’s the one whose name you...
Belated Burial // A chesed shel emes performed decades later
I
am making my way to the Vizhnitz beis hachaim to attend an unusual levayah—a funeral for the unidentified remains of Jews who were murdered...
Zeidy and the President // It wasn’t good for Zeidy to get worked up...
“He’s the best thing that ever happened to us!” my beloved grandfather shouted, a vein in his face bulging, as it always did when...
An Ounce of Prevention // An alert on an unusually virulent strain of...
“He had a small infection on his elbow,” recalled Mrs. Wiseman, a young mother of two children who lives in Brooklyn. “It was treated...
He Went Shopping // And he means well…
He went shopping. That explains so much. The carob-covered soy crisps with sprinkles on top.
The eight bags of yellow peas, which nobody in my...
A Timely Donation
The unofficial motto of Austin, Texas, is “Keep Austin Weird.” It is a very liberal city. At the time this story took place, it...
My baby was very constipated. The Doctors kept telling me that it was normal,...
My son was born in the early hours of a Wednesday morning after a long, hard labor. He was my fourth boy and the...
