Double Take // It was a shock in more ways than one
Yerushalayim, here we come! Making aliyah was the most exhilarating of times and the most frightening of times, with a sense of both leaving...
Nurturing Our Nurses // Who helps those who help the sick?
NURSING THEIR NEEDS
Being a nurse is draining. They deal with devastating diagnoses, denials, and, sadly, death, and there’s only so much a human being...
In the Blink of an Eye // A harmless costume accessory turned out to...
Please drop what you’re doing and daven for Mendy, the message I got from my aunt read. Mendel ben Chana. Daven that he doesn’t...
Expelled! // Would a little sensitivity have hurt?
It was a very trying time in my life. I’d been expecting a difficult phone call all day long; we knew that my dear...
A Sign upon Your Arm // There were many lessons to be learned after...
My story begins on May 30, 2018, on what was supposed to be a very ordinary evening. I’d been invited to a chasunah in...
Way Beyond My Expectations // The symptoms accompanying my first pregnancy were...
As soon as the plane landed in Ben Gurion I turned to my husband of six weeks and smiled. “I can’t believe we’re actually...
Well- Played: Eye-opening Social Experiments // Stores that aren’t what they seem, invisible gorillas,...
Have you heard about Palessi? It’s only the trendiest new shoe store in town. Brand-new, filled with quiet elegance, avant-garde sculptures and minimalist glass...
The Hiding Place
In 1940, after allying with Nazi Germany, Hungary also passed anti-Jewish laws, one of which was that Jews were banned from owning a business.
In...
Shoshana’s Namesake // I thought my cleaning lady was pulling my leg
“Your baby, she very, very nice,” said Marisol with a huge smile that lit up her face. I’d just come home from the hospital...
Please Don’t Shield Me From Bad News
I was sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting for my flu shot, when the door creaked open and a familiar looking woman strode in....
