Is this the Answer to the Health Insurance Debacle?
Have you ever felt the fear?
Your child falls on the playground.Your husband feels a twinge in his chest. You feel sick and it’s not...
Under Arrest // A funny thing happened on the way to the simchah…
“Hi, Mommy,” I said as I picked up the phone. “Can I call you back later? I’m not home right now.”
“I just wanted to...
Back to Nasaud // What was life like in Communist Romania for the Jews...
“Ai avut o petrecere ieri? You had a party yesterday?”
“Yes.”
“It was a holiday party, correct?”
His finger was pointing just inches from my face, and...
Right Place, Right Time // A confluence of seemingly random events reveals the hand...
Hackney, the area in which we live, is the second-poorest borough in London and boasts the highest crime rate in the capital. Why the...
Exile on the Island of Mauritius // A father and daughter trace the deportation...
Mauritius. Some of you may associate the name with pristine, palm-fringed beaches and sugarcane plantations. Those who are zoologically inclined might think of the...
What Are You Thinking Baby Moishy? // I don’t know what’s wrong with my...
Moishy was lying on the table with his body supported by the tabletop...but his shoulders were up against the edge and his head was...
Shivah is Hard for Everyone
Like many of you, my heart broke when I heard that a young bachur, Eliyahu Moscowitz, was murdered by a masked gunman in Chicago...
Life is Too Good to spend in front of a screen
I’m not a writer or anything. I just really wanted to share this in the simple language I know.
I was first inspired to write...
The Giver // My friend’s husband was almost at the point of no return
Miriam cancels just as I am about to leave the house.
“Don’t think I can make it today.”
I frown at the message. This is the...
The Bonds of Kindness
Dr. Harvey Rosner was a beloved family practitioner in Williamsburg who had served the community for 40 years, with a practice on Lee Avenue...
