Hands-free // A treatment for osteoarthritis almost robs a woman of the use of...
It all began in 2008, when Miriam began experiencing pain in the joints of her thumb and forefinger. Before long, she realized that the...
My Daughter Is Angry About Our Financial Crunch // Three parenting experts respond to...
Dear Ami:
My husband and I find ourselves in a quandary. I’m reaching out to you because you sometimes offer such questions to a panel,...
Fire! // Drama on a Shabbos morning
It was five a.m. on Shabbos morning when my husband woke up with a start. “There’s a fire somewhere,” he said. “I can smell...
An Unlikely Culprit // The doctors insisted that there was nothing wrong with my...
With a shrieking baby in one hand I picked up the ringing phone with the other.
“Hi, Ma!” I said very loudly over the baby’s...
The Photo Detective // Lily Yudinsky solves historical mysteries by delving into forgotten photos...
Have you ever had a houseful of guests, and one of the children asks to see your picture albums? The child then proceeds to...
Distracted Parenting // You’d never let your children have a smartphone....
It was before the age of smartphones. I was traveling north on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn and I picked up my phone, perhaps a...
With Pride Comes the Fall // All I wanted to do was make...
“What in the world are you doing?” my husband, Tzvi, asked as he walked through the door on Thursday evening.
“Washing the walls,” I explained,...
Heart to Heart // In the face of his daughter’s medical emergency, a...
Meir Abrams was working late one Thursday night in February 2010 when he received an alarming text from his wife, Leora: “I’m with Yehudis...
The Secret Deal // Newly discovered documents reveal that Recha Sternbuch’s saved hundreds of...
The house was so crowded that it was not uncommon for refugees from Nazi-occupied territory to believe at first that Reb Yitzchok (Isaac) and...
The Rescue of my Father
Rebbetzin Dvora Mattil Levin, née Alter, a”h, the wife of Rabbi Itche Meir Levin, z”l, was a well-known and highly respected daughter of the...
