Hashem’s Hidden Hand // I’d never attended an auction before

Purim is a time to reflect on the miracles we experienced as a nation and also as individuals. I’d like to share one such...

Miracles Do Happen // It was one of the darkest times...

When the doctor uttered the infamous word “relapse,” I felt my world go black. We were back to where we had started. My five-year-old...

A Chasid Sends a Rocket To The Moon // …with the...

In the wee hours of a recent Tuesday morning, the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft was hovering some 375 miles above the surface of the Earth....

Send Me Something I Can Eat! // Isn’t mishloach manos ...

This year I took a new approach as I headed to the store to prepare my mishloach manos. I didn’t ask myself what I...

Not Worth The Paper (Or Metal or Parchment) It’s Written On...

The antiquities dealer was a tall bearded man, with light brown hair and glasses. At first glance, he appeared, in name and demeanor, to...

Making People Laugh // Yitty Knobloch brings joy to...

The first time I met Yitty, over a decade ago, I was convalescing at the Aim B’Yisroel kimpeturin home, a place where new mothers...

Community Amid Venezuela’s Chaos // The rosh hakahal of Caracas...

Political chaos reigns in the streets of Venezuela. Government mismanagement, first by now-deceased former President Hugo Chavez and then by his successor Nicolas Maduro, has...

Challenging New York’s Curriculum Guidelines // Q&A with Attorney Avi Schick

On March 7, attorney Avi Schick of the law firm Troutman Sanders filed a lawsuit on behalf of various plaintiffs, including five yeshivos, against...

The Saudi Muslim Military Alliance // What is its real objective?

Since March 2015, the Saudis have convinced more than 40 majority-Muslim nations to join them in a mutual defense organization that seems to be...

Purim Follies // What did I know about drinking?

It was Taanis Esther when my brand-new hubby of three months turned to me sweetly and asked, “You don’t mind if I drink a...

Warning: Not Everyone Is Who They Seem to Be //...

Dear AmiLiving Magazine, The signs that something was wrong with Dina Neuman were there all along, but I dismissed them as “Americanisms.” When the Neuman family...

The Amazing Neshamah of Nissim Black

Nissim Black, the former gangsta rapper who found Yiddishkeit six years ago, has been producing critically acclaimed music since he was 13, but on...

Irish coffee

3 tablespoons coffee 3 tablespoons cocoa 9 tablespoons sugar ½ cup boiling water ¼ cup chocolate liqueur, optional  In a saucepan, bring all the ingredients to a boil....

Challah Frangipane Fruit Tarts

What do you do with that extra challah dough? You can make some extra rolls...or you can make this sensational French brioche fruit tart!1...

Shushandukht’s Story // Is It Queen Esther’s Tomb or Is a...

Have you ever heard the joke, “Guess who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?” The answer, of course, is Ulysses S. Grant. According to some historians, however,...

Last Flight from Tehran // How 34 Israelis managed to...

Iran was in flames at the height of the chaos during the Islamic Revolution of 1978. Revolutionary Guards patrolled the streets, stopping anyone suspected...

Persecuted in Persia // A Jewish mother and daughter who escaped...

The last time 36-year-old Rebecca Sarno saw her father, it was through the slit of a borrowed burka he’d given her before she was...

Perfectly Poached Eggs over Leafy Greens + Mushroom Breakfast Skillet

Eggs are a staple in our home for breakfast, and our favorite way to enjoy them is poached. The sous-vide method makes it hard...

New Help for the Tuition Crisis? // A proposed bill may...

Imagine if your child was eligible for a scholarship to attend yeshivah. What kind of change would that make in your life? That prospect may...

The Bar Mitzvah // I refused to spoil my son’s special...

My name is Menachem Shlomo Chertkov. I was born and raised in Yavne’el, located in Northern Israel not far from Teveriah. It is beautiful...