O one of the most moving moments of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Israel occurred during his meeting with ten-year-old Moishe...

My mother says that Joyce “cured” her. I didn’t know that having an open-door and open-heart policy is something that needs a cure or...

Why did the British keep serious intelligence secrets from all of their Western allies? The radical imams of London knew the answer; the British...

I discovered Rabbi Marvin Tokayer almost by accident. With the Korean Peninsula so much in the news these days, I wondered if there was...

Politicians. Odds are pretty good that in their previous lives they would have been employed in the professions of law, business or diplomacy. But...

Mr. Leib Kahn* leaned back with a sigh and stretched his aching muscles. He’d been on the telephone for hours trying to find a...

“Say cheese!” I smiled at my kids as I tried to get some good shots of them for posterity. Three mud-streaked, grinning faces gave me...

Even the pickiest eaters at your table will think that this is potato soup. 3 tablespoons oil 1 large onion, diced 1 head of garlic (12 to...

When you select dishes to take on a picnic, they need to be able to withstand a modest amount of transport. This dish is...

Shaindy Finer* and I have been working together in a retail store for the past 15 years. We’re good friends as well as coworkers,...

After my first child, Kevin, was born, the doctor told me that I shouldn’t have any more children. My first pregnancy had been so...

You won’t even know you’re missing the flour with these fudgy cakes. Only a bit of confectioners’ sugar is needed for garnish, with the...

Summertime is when everything seems like it's the best of the best—for the most part! There's one thing I adore that is not in...

In many countries in Eastern Europe, it is not uncommon for grown children to hear deathbed confessions from a parent informing them that they...

My distinguished visitor today has quite an impressive résumé. The Chief Rabbi of Moscow, he is also the spiritual leader of the Moscow Choral...

By the end of the 1980s, all three of these so-called British intelligence agencies had recruited informers among the known al-Qaeda members or supporters...

There is nothing like the news covering—and being covered by—the news. Same with fake news covering—and being covered by—other fake news. In this scenario,...

I listened for them, but there are no longer any footsteps echoing off the stones as the men return from shul or the little...

When people hear that I backpack through Third World countries for weeks at a time, “What do you eat?” is one of the first...

Whenever my children accompany  me to the supermarket, they beg me to buy the latest cereal bars they see on the shelves. At $4...