Stolen Childhood // The phenomenon of parentified children
There are children who never had a chance to experience a regular childhood. From a very young age, these children are forced into the...
Coming Home after 500 Years // By never giving up, she found what she...
Genie Milgrom knew something was terribly wrong. Even as a little girl, she had always struggled with her family’s Catholic faith and identity, she...
In praise of praise
In 1994, I started gathering stories about Shlomo Carlebach for my first book, Holy Brother. One of the themes that continuously crept up was...
Daddy Day Care // When Mom’s away, Dad… Um, better don’t ask.
Gitty called me at 11:00 p.m., an hour before she had to head to the airport to catch her flight. “Chanchy, I’ve changed my...
“I Was Deliberately Given an Infected Liver—to Save My Life” A medical breakthrough leads...
Sixty-five-year-old Betty Huart was dying of liver cancer. If she was lucky, in a few months she would turn 66—the age her father had...
Navigating the Newlyweds
On my way to the supermarket, I was accosted by a friend who practically seethed with righteous indignation.
“I was going out of my mind...
The Note on the Door // How could I tell my neighbor...
My neighbor Fraidy knocked on my door about an hour before she was about to leave to Israel for Sukkos. She looked like she...
Her Husband was Drunk, or Was He? The Fascinating Phenomenon of Auto-Brewery...
“I hate to break it to you, but your husband’s an alcoholic.” The patient had been rushed to the local hospital in a state...
Putin’s Pawn // The mother of 26-year-old Naama Issachar, the Israeli-American girl being held...
On the surface, this is a story about two intertwined criminal cases, one involving a Russian national and the other an Israeli-American. But the...
The Circle of Life // When children and the elderly interact, you have a...
What happens when you put children and elderly people together under one roof?
The tale is told of an old man—irascible, unlovable—who died alone in...
