"Eeew,” I always thought to myself whenever I opened the bottom cabinet in my parents’ den—the one full of boxes that contain old letters...

I was born in Kiryat Shemona, Israel. My father was a policeman and my mother worked for the municipality. I was a born with...

Tearful goodbye parties are a regular occurrence when you live in a young American neighborhood in Yerushalayim. So many people come and go (although...

Is the future of much of American Jewry to live in small villages sprinkled throughout Upstate Readers are always asking me questions about my...

At the stroke of midnight on May 2, 2011, four helicopters are crossing a range of mountains shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan, invading their...

“My family and I live in a nice neighborhood, our kids go to a good school; they have friends. We know many people. Inevitably,...

During my first phone conversation with Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky, zt”l, a little over six years ago, I found myself telling him that Rav Reuven...

Dear Nisson, I loved you. I loved you for who you were, for your humility and your piety; for what you did for me, for...

I entered Yeshivas Shaarei Yosher in Boro Park, nervous with anticipation. I had heard from other talmidim that the Rosh Yeshivah didn’t look inside...

When my son Yechiel went back to yeshivah after Pesach, I breathed a sigh of relief. Don’t get me wrong. I love my son;...

Seated at the majestic Seder table surrounded by my children and grandchildren, my heart was full. All of the guests were gathered around the...

It was the dog days of summer, when the days are long and the floors are splattered with popsicle juice even though the kids...

Is the future of much of American Jewry to live in small villages sprinkled throughout Upstate New York? That vision is one that Chaim...

French Jews will have to leave. That was the recent statement by Rabbi Berel Lazar, the chief rabbi of Russia, discussing what would happen if...

I’m a bus driver. For over 15 years, I’ve been driving a bus for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, otherwise known as the MTA, in...

I received a nice email last week from one of Ami’s readers. He knows that I am a Democrat but that I always give...

At the end of our conversation Kobi Bremer can no longer restrain himself and bursts out crying. “Yesterday my two daughters were interviewed,” he...

The first time I went to Israel, I was 16 years old, and the soldiers I saw at checkpoints and on buses looked like...

When food giant Nestlé USA announced its plan to remove all artificial flavors and colors from its chocolate candies by the end of 2015,...

What a month we’ve just entered! Iyar contains the same Hebrew letters as the word “ya’ir,” to light up. It’s finally spring on this...