Only once before did such an event occur: One after the other, the gedolim of Eretz Yisrael came to the Beis Talmud Torah Y’chaveh...

My name is Esther Malka, but it used to be Emily. I was born in 1953 in a town on the border of Illinois...

It’s 6:30 in the morning. Outside it is still dark, and the sun’s rays are just beginning to peek over the horizon. The Jews...

Queen of Clean Tzippy Brecher* had been employing Maria to clean her house for over a decade. Maria was efficient, reliable and pleasant to have...

Controversy has enveloped the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, following the revelation that the museum was planning to issue a report claiming there was...

“Mommy, did the letter come today?” Leah asked me eagerly as she walked into the house after a full day of school. “Not yet,” I...

I will never forget my very first job interview. We were living in Eretz Yisrael at the time, and I had applied for a...

Judging by the popularity of holistic and alternative medicine, I think I’m not alone when I say that I find natural healing tips fascinating....

It may not seem like big news that the former prime minister of Portugal publicly acknowledges that the Beis Hamikdash once stood on Jerusalem’s...

The women were sitting near the ocean, enjoying a rare moment of serenity in their tumultuous lives. It was early spring, and a brisk...

During the time I was studying in the Chabad-Lubavitch seminary in Milan, Italy, the girls were allowed to leave the premises for Shabbos a...

I have heard it said that the mind has its own form of health and sickness, just as the body does. What I went through...

What is the largest number of spies that Russia has ever had inside the United States of America? Ten? A hundred? A thousand? Newly...

The conflict was palpable. During much of the Obama administration, the White House and the Israeli government, though often cordial in public pronouncements, were...

Miriam Lawrence had never heard of Wen Hair Care products when her mother gave her a bottle of its Sweet Almond Mint Cleansing Conditioner...

Spread across hundreds of miles in Texas, Lousiana and several other states, Hurricane Harvey came, wandered for a while, and then left, leaving behind...

They say love is letting go. What “they” don’t say is that letting go is like snatching up your heart and ripping it in...

The sky is clear and blue, the forest is a vibrant green, and the sun is shining through the leaves of the maple and...

It was an ostensibly simple question—“Whose daughter are you?”—but it served to launch the teenaged Esther Yenta Greinerman on a lifelong mission. As Rav Binyamin...

August 28, 2017—The greater Houston Jewish community is still reeling from the most devastating floods in Texas history. As of this issue’s printing, Hurricane...