Between Iraq and a Hard Place // How to befriend,...
RECAP: A visit to a deserted amusement park reveals to Turx and the group of American journalists who have traveled to Iraqi Kurdistan that...
What is the Gaza Strategy? Now that Bennett is on the...
Naftali Bennett never thought that his first day on the job as defense minister would include the Israeli assassination of a leader of Islamic...
Taking it One Day at a Time // After a...
A few weeks ago I was shopping in a popular children’s store in Monsey. Standing at the register to pay for my purchases, I...
Making a wedding for $10,000 // Chaim Ekstein starts a revolution
Chaim Ekstein lives in Kiryas Yoel. But when he recently announced that he’s aiming to make the wedding of his recently engaged son for...
Sea Turn in the arab world // Hamas’ decision to not...
Sailors call it a “sea turn” when a usually steady and predictable onshore wind suddenly changes direction without any warning. A major reversal may...
Where has all the Butter gone? Butter is disappearing from Israeli...
It is our family tradition on Pesach to spread butter on matzos for breakfast. But this past year, the supermarket shelves were empty of...
A Slip of a Knife // Mashgiach Yossi Goldstein was hard...
“Don’t call my wife yet,” Yossi told his boss at the meat processing plant where he was employed.
Meat was Yossi’s specialty, having worked in...
Celebrity Reporting Left Me Hungry // Kosher living nourishes me
Keeping kosher was not a priority in my childhood home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. My parents’ priorities included raising us to pursue a university...
A Man on a Kosher Mission // GE Appliances president and...
It started with a random text message from my editor early one afternoon. “Want to go to Kentucky tomorrow?”
I chuckled at the way the...
Reporting on the World of Kashrus // Rabbi Yosef Wikler of...
For most kosher consumers, the extent of their contact with the kashrus industry is when they check packages of food at the grocery store...
