Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Rebbetzin Chaya Sara Kramer
Even before Holy Woman, my biography of Rebbetzin Chaya Sara Kramer, was published in May, 2006, a year after her passing, strange things started...
Guide for the Perplexed // A new book on parenting combines exhaustive scientific...
Like all new moms, Emily Oster wanted to give her newborn daughter the best possible start in life, but it didn’t take long before...
When Kin Don’t Care Enough // We wanted him to live—but his sister put...
Our street is very close-knit and we all look out for each other—which was particularly beneficial for one elderly neighbor who lived alone and...
Give and Take
Last year, Beverley Benia-Herzig traveled to Poland for a tour of Jewish heritage sites and came home inspired. Learning about the communities that had...
Up Against the Establishment // Candidate for Surrogate’s Court Judge Elena Baron is determined...
When the idea to interview current Civil Court Judge Elena Baron was first proposed, I must admit that I was unaware of the important...
The Competition // My neighbor always had to have the best of everything
My first introduction to my next-door neighbor was when she knocked on my door an hour after I moved in.
“Hi,” she said as she...
Living in the Moment // A daughter reflects on life with a mother with...
In the Beginning
Miriam Green is 54, and her mother, Mrs. Naomi Cohen, is now 78, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s eight years ago.
“Those early...
Thank You, Karen Stein // From a girl who was bullied as a child
As I flipped through the slick, glossy magazine pages, a familiar face stared back at me. I knew it all too well and froze,...
My Password is your Password // Spouses Weigh in on the Rules of ...
I’m not going to name names, because I am not the kind of person who names names, so I’ll just say that someone who...
The Woman Who Enables the Disabled // A chance meeting changed Rebbetzin Yehudit Adler’s...
“If you want to do an article for Shavuos about women and Torah, I have the perfect story for you,” the email I received...
