Minding Measles // A conversation with Dr. Yechiel Schlesinger about the outbreak in Eretz...
The number of cases of measles in the Jewish community has continued to rise. As we’ve reported in recent articles, this highly contagious disease...
Women in Work: Rivka Teich Court Reporter
“Once you get me talking about my job,” says Rivka Teich, CSR, RPR, RMR and FCRR (whew!), “I could go on forever.” Now in...
Something in the Blood // A pair of scares led her to a discovery...
2015
Cradling my newborn son in my arms, I struggled with whether or not to attend his bris. The minhag of my family is that...
The Rise & Fall & Rise of the Tupperware Party // The plastic bowl...
Mr. Seltzer was brought into the hospital as what we staff members lovingly referred to as a “dump.” That meant that someone had brought...
Rain
…And what is the reason that He did not make it to rain Because there was no man…to recognize the benefits of rains….And...
The “Dump” // What to do with the confused old man who turned up...
Mr. Seltzer was brought into the hospital as what we staff members lovingly referred to as a “dump.” That meant that someone had brought...
Misdiagnosed // Why couldn’t my little girl swallow food?
As soon as I stepped through the door, my daughter handed me my 19-month-old baby. “She hasn’t stop kvetching since you left. She also...
Not Second Best // Adoption is a difficult but rewarding road
Adoption was something I always wanted to do, and it was actually part of my conversation during shidduchim. After our shanah rishonah was up,...
We Were Kicked Out of Russia // A Chabad Shluchah Shares Her Story
It was a familiar route but an exhausting one. A ten-hour flight from New York to Moscow, a several-hour stopover, another two-hour flight to...
Take Me Out to the Ballgame // Taking down the walls
I had never heard of Asperger’s syndrome before I met Ben. It was during the summer I turned 16 and my friend Rina and...
