My Body Was Under Attack // And I didn’t know...
It was on Sunday night that the aches and pains began. I had just put my kids to bed and collapsed on the couch...
The Anger Inside // Where did her husband’s sudden rage come...
When I got married right after the war, I didn’t have stars in my eyes, but I never imagined that it would turn out...
A Home for Margie // My daughter had changed my life....
What happens when a psychologist gets to decide your child’s future?
I married Amanda* in my second year of dental school, hoping to become an...
The face of the Stock Market // Peter Tuchman is the...
The Financial District of Manhattan is always bustling on weekdays, but when I arrive there by train just before 9:00 a.m., when most businesses...
Plotting a Coup in Iran? // The Guards are not letting...
Some of us believe that the ultra-right Revolutionary Iranian Guard Corps (IRGC) is preparing to launch a coup against their elected (and comparatively moderate)...
Stranger Encounters // Can Chance Meetings Change Your Life?
The stranger I had asked how to get from where we were to where I was supposed to be looked at me like I...
Musings on Moscow // Not at all what was expected
Over the past decade of working as a marketing professional, I have had the opportunity to work with some fascinating clients in almost every...
Washington Insider with Anthony Scaramucci
Q: Stephanie Grisham’s first week as both press secretary and communications director has just come to an end. How do you think she’s doing?
A:...
Why Are We So Afraid of Being Fat?
“I hate the way I look.”
“I look in the mirror and I want to cry.”
“If I haven’t lost weight for my daughter’s wedding, I’d...
A cup of coffee—and a Shidduch //Your inner voice is the...
The shidduch parshah is stressful enough even with a “typical” résumé: Bais Yaakov followed by seminary in Eretz Yisrael, volunteering for chesed organizations, etc....
Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s Powerful Segulos for Shidduchim // An exclusive...
Finding a suitable shidduch has never been easy, as Chazal said thousands of years ago (Sotah 2a): “It is as difficult to pair a...
A Story of Savannah
Dr. Samuel Ribeiro Nunez
Savannah, Georgia, July, 1733
It wasn’t many years before his arrival in Savannah that Dr. Samuel Ribeiro Nunez was sitting in...
Knock, Knock // Our hosts were home. Why didn’t they answer...
“This is going to be awkward,” I said to my husband as we walked up the hill to his friend’s house. We had come...
The search for our brother Rabbi Reuven Bauman, z”l // A...
By last Tuesday afternoon, the name Reuven Tzvi ben Esther Baila was on everyone’s lips. He wasn’t just a 35-year-old husband and father of...
Marriage Matters: Dearest Yaakov // Letters to my husband who abandoned...
Dear Yaakov,
Do you remember the first year of our marriage? Do you recall the first time you told me about your dreams and aspirations,...
Coffee Break with Eli Stefansky
In a few weeks’ time, Ami and I will celebrate a special milestone: the 300th Lunchbreak column.
Lunchbreak was started with several goals in mind....
Hiking in Vermont // A fun trip turns into a nightmare
Moishy was just eight when he was diagnosed with type I or juvenile diabetes. Our little trooper took it all in stride—the fluctuations in...
Full Circle // My chasan had no idea we were so...
My father is an honorable man, a brilliant Torah scholar and a respected member of the community. Growing up, our happy and content home...
Istanbul Has Spoken // Is Turkey’s Islamist government headed for its...
Sometimes it is difficult to recognize that a seminal event in history has taken place. I predict the recent mayoral election in Istanbul will...
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February 2018
So, Charlie from across the street had a heart attack and died, and Maureen wants to live with her adult kids. San Diego....

































