The Photograph // For 50 years they each wondered what happened to the other
In 1945, my father, Reb Eliezer Duvid Lebowitz, was five years old and living in a Displaced Persons camp in Leipheim, Germany. The hut...
Crushed by a Car —But on the Mend! // Sury Zissy Rosenberg and...
On the night of Thursday, July 25, just hours after Shmuel Rabinowitz, a 16-year-old camper was found in the woods of Vermont, we heard...
Bringing Comfort // In response to numerous personal tragedies, Orit Mark works to...
“In the beginning, when the tragedy first happened, people would look at me with pity and try to avoid making eye contact. But now?...
We did not know // We Ethiopian Jews simply had no idea that G-d’s...
Up until the age of nine, I lived in a world where the Beit Hamikdash—the Holy Temple in Jerusalem—actually existed. Like my parents and...
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle
A conference was held in Berlin on September 21, 1939, at which the long-term future was discussed….
In Berlin, on April 29, 1945,...
The Iron Ring
My heart thumps with excitement as I stand before Theodorus’ door and straighten my new toga. The garment that signifies my freedom is awkward...
The Mail-Order Bride // An unwitting Jewish girl is rescued from the clutches of...
Over the course of our long and bitter galus, we Jews have been dispersed to many far-flung places. We’ve been beaten and persecuted. We’ve...
From Frazzled to Neat Freak
The world is divided into two types of people: Those who allow others into their homes when it’s a mess, and those who allow...
Mazal
Meira was getting dressed for her visit to Rabbi Brody, where she would ask him to pray for her because her own prayers were...
A Bad Hair Day // The sheitelmacher didn’t make the cut
When I finally decided to buy a new wig seven years after I got married it was a big deal, at least according to...
