Celebrating in Cambodia // The descendents of a Cambodian king join...
In the heart of Cambodia’s bustling capitol Phnom Penh, a ceremony was about to begin at the prestigious Le Royal hotel. The name of...
Stars in my Eyes // How Can I Marry Someone ...
We’re strolling side by side, the boy I’m dating and I, when he asks The Question. Not that I didn’t expect it—both of us...
Lunchbreak: Schneur Landa, fello
Name: Schneur Landa
Age: 34
Company: Fello
Industry: Event Tech Services and iPad Rentals
Headquarters: Butler, New Jersey
Established: 2011
Employees: 26
While attending...
The Golden Shidduch // A ‘‘nobody’’ finally finds her voice
My parents’ small sefarim store is silent and musty, and the lights are dim. I am dusting the shelves, taking out the books, giving...
Last-Minute Madness // Playing Chicken in the Knesset
The place: The first floor of the Knesset. The time: 10:15 p.m. In just a few minutes, the chairman of the Election Committee, Supreme...
Anomalies // The real reason behind the Iranian missile attack...
In the intelligence community, an “anomaly” is something out of the ordinary pattern that needs a further look. In the case of the recent...
The Making of a Dirshu Yid
From the moment I entered the Heythrop Park Resort Hotel in Oxfordshire, England, on Friday afternoon, I immediately sensed that this Shabbos was going...
When a wife and mother is absent
This is my first visit to the Jersey City home of Moshe Duvid Ferencz, whose wife was gunned down in cold blood while tending...
To Obey or Not? A young mother is tempted to disregard...
There are so many things I forgot.
I forgot how long it takes for the umbilical cord to fall off, for instance, and how tiny...
The Lost Ring
Three years ago, Reuven and Gitty Epstein celebrated their tenth anniversary. As a gift, Reuven bought his wife an expensive diamond ring, and she...
A Tribute: With Modesty and Majesty // Remembering Rav Pesach Eliyahu...
The Torah world was shocked and thrown into mourning this week by the passing of Rav Pesach Eliyahu Falk, rav and posek in Gateshead,...
Ruled by the Clock // For Moti & Perry Binet, finding...
Most of the doctors we spoke to about our newborn Tzvi dismissed our concerns and said everything was fine. I would mention how little...
Time for a Hearing? Bibi’s political posturing continues
This past Thursday the Israeli Supreme Court issue a short decision consisting of only three lines, which essentially postponed the repeal of the chok...
Washington Insider with Hogan Gidley, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
It’s no secret that Stephanie Grisham is the White House press secretary. What remains mostly unknown, however, is what her job actually entails, since...
Helicopter Parents // It is never too late for parents to...
Mrs. Pashkus* shot me a worried look as I gently ushered her reluctant six-year-old daughter Blimie into my office, leaving her behind in the...
Fridays with Marcie // She couldn’t talk. How would we connect?
I was making my way home on the Jerusalem Light Rail after Birkat Kohanim at the Kotel when a middle-aged American woman in a...
Reaping in Joy // A young wife’s tragedy and a life...
My story began exactly 20 years ago, in May of 2000. My first husband, Menachem*, was scheduled for routine surgery to repair a minor...
Playing for Marriage // What was my next move?
The first thing I discovered about my husband, among his many wonderful attributes, was his love for chess.
“I bought us an amazing present,” my...
The Flame Still Burns // A conversation with Rabbi Yisroel...
When I arrived at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, I was expecting it to be overcrowded; after all, India is the second most...
No Loyalties in Libya // What happens when Russia and turkey...
Back in the 1800s, the British called their geopolitical strategy to keep Russia out of Afghanistan the “Great Game.” Queen Victoria discovered from the...
