I Will Survive PTSD
When I was 18 I was drafted into the IDF, and a year later I became one of the original members of the elite...
Women To Know: Mrs. Debbie Shapiro
Parkinson’s is a very isolating disease. Your world grows smaller and slower, while around you, the people you know and love are rushing, accomplishing,...
The Pesach Program That Wasn’t
We all know the stories from the early 1900s, when people lost their jobs week after week because they refused to desecrate Shabbos. One...
Women To Know
Interacting with Miriam Ballin pulls you into a fast-paced experience. You cannot sit across from this embodiment of multitasking without feeling a quickening of...
A Painful Pill to Swallow
My brother’s Shabbos bavarfen was supposed to be a joyful event. I never expected that it would also involve agonizing pain, a medical scare...
Men are from Mars Women are Not
We like to blame things on “today’s generation” but the difference in shopping styles between men and women has been going on forever. For...
How a Cadaver Gave Me “Life”
We opened the door to the dimly lit room. The strong stench of chemicals greeted me as it filled my nostrils. “Ugh!” I said...
Cleaning up My Act
I have finally discovered the secret to keeping a clean house, and that is to keep your children and husband from entering it. It...
Old MacDonald
Blessed with three boys in close succession, you can imagine that our home is not a quiet place. Baruch Hashem, my wife and I...
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
An elderly Yid offered his seatmate some chocolate-covered nuts on the Monsey-Boro Park bus. They were sitting there munching happily when the stranger suddenly...
