Road Map to Life // A conversation with Shimona Tzukernik
Shimona Tzukernik is the creator of The Method, a coaching program for individuals and corporations that is based on Kabbalah.
I first met Shimona many...
Close Encounters of the Furry Kind // A Racoon bite reveals a Disturbing Trend
On an ordinary evening a week after Pesach, Mimi Roth* stepped out of her house hauling several garbage bags, which she heaved into the...
Our Haunted Apartment // Was there something wrong with my humble abode?
My apartment hunting started one week after my engagement. Brooklyn is renowned for its crazily high rents and shortage of housing, so when I...
Losing My Father I mourned his life
The call came just after midnight. “Your father just had a heart attack,” my mother said. “The doctors say that it’s only a matter...
Making it all Work // You’ve been invited to join your colleagues at a...
Ari and Miryam Wasserman are the authors of Making It All Work: A Practical Guide to Halachah and Hashkafah in the Workplace. The book...
An Ounce of Prevention // Why it’s important to teach our daughters about...
How prepared are our daughters for their financial future? That is a question that has bothered me for decades. As a Bais Yaakov high...
Of Groceries and Men // After I got married, all of my teenage judgmentalism...
With a flourish, my husband sets the shopping bag on the table and extracts a box of rugelach. “You can’t say that I’m stingy....
Just to Breathe // The top otolaryngologist in Cincinnati said the cartilage in...
It had been a rough winter for Perele, my fourth child and only daughter. She was just 11 months old, but she had already...
Fitting In // A conversation with Rebbetzin Ruthi Lynn about the many challenges faced...
Being a baal teshuvah isn’t easy, as author Jenny Serle explains in her new book Balanced Teshuvah:
“As baalei teshuvah exit the safe cocoon of...
Perfectly Fine // It was extremely tempting to share my burden
My marriage was challenging from the start. After a glorious engagement filled with contentment and anticipation, I landed with a painful bump when I...
