A Song With A Purpose // Simcha Leiner’s new project tackles...

In December, McKenzie Adams took her own life. She was only nine years old. According to national media reports, Adams was one of several American...

Women to Remember: The Lights Burns On // A Tribute to...

‘‘The Rebbetzin,” as Rebbetzin Yehudis Schlesinger was fondly entitled, was niftar last week; she was in her nineties. She was the daughter of Rav...

Saving the Seven Species // Preserving the shivas haminim of Eretz...

If you veer slightly off the noisy asphalt highway surging with traffic between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, you will soon find yourself in another...

Adventure of a Lifetime // A Journey to Antarctica, ...

Reb Binyomin and Esther Feldman of London, whose names Ami readers may be familiar with from previous adventures, have done it again. A few...

Teach Thy Daughter // What I should have been taught about...

I was one of those typical Bais Yaakov girls who just went with the flow. I enjoyed the trips, the late night fun and...

Belzer Rebbe’s Grandchildren Go Abroad

In an unprecedented step for Belzer chasidus, Rav Shulem and Rav Avrum Shmiel Tzvi Rokeach, grandsons of the Rebbe, have been traveling to Belzer...

Countering Darkness with Light // Remembering Rav Elazar Mordechai Koenig, zt”l,...

One of the tzaddikei emes I had the zechiyah to meet in my capacity as editor of Ami Magazine was Rav Elazar Mordechai Koenig,...

Black Intellectuals Embrace Anti-Semitism // A Worrying trend is emerging

Many Jewish organizations and news media outlets have been focused on the activities of anti-Semitic white supremacists, and some pundits even have accused President...

Double Take // It was a shock in more ways than...

Yerushalayim, here we come! Making aliyah was the most exhilarating of times and the most frightening of times, with a sense of both leaving...

A Land Off Limits // Shloime Zionce Visits Saudi Arabia

Thursday, December 13, 2018, 4:24 PM There are certain words that can be spoken anywhere, and there are words that should never be spoken anywhere....

Nurturing Our Nurses // Who helps those who help the sick?

NURSING THEIR NEEDS Being a nurse is draining. They deal with devastating diagnoses, denials, and, sadly, death, and there’s only so much a human being...

Kavod HaTorah on the Highest Level // Preparations underway for 2020...

Although it’s still over a year away, preparations are already in full swing for a massive Siyum Hashas to be hosted by Dirshu in...

Citrus Custard Tart

I think that if I had to vote on my favorite pie, it would be a lemon meringue. I love the sweet yet tart...

In the Blink of an Eye // A harmless costume accessory...

Please drop what you’re doing and daven for Mendy, the message I got from my aunt read. Mendel ben Chana. Daven that he doesn’t...

Lamb Riblettes

about 2 pounds riblettes (look for thicker ones) olive oil, for drizzling kosher salt, for sprinkling black pepper, for sprinkling 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1-2 frozen chili cubes (depending...

Washington Insider with Brian Bennett, Senior White House Correspondent for TIME

Included among those who knew about the trip in advance was a 13-member press travel pool, selected by a personal and secret invite. Brian...

Expelled! // Would a little sensitivity have hurt?

It was a very trying time in my life. I’d been expecting a difficult phone call all day long; we knew that my dear...

A Sadat Gold Medal in Sight // A multiyear effort bears...

Three years of work paid off this past month when President Trump signed legislation granting a Congressional Gold Medal to the late Egyptian president...

A Sign upon Your Arm // There were many lessons to...

My story begins on May 30, 2018, on what was supposed to be a very ordinary evening. I’d been invited to a chasunah in...

Way Beyond My Expectations // The symptoms accompanying my...

As soon as the plane landed in Ben Gurion I turned to my husband of six weeks and smiled. “I can’t believe we’re actually...