here are thousands of people massed at the border between Belarus and Poland, hoping to get into the European Union. The frigid weather is...

For once, I was the one with the car. As a lecturer in numerous seminaries in Yerushalayim and elsewhere in Eretz Yisrael, I tend...

1 16-oz. package spaghetti 9 oz full-fat (at least 38%) heavy cream 8.5-oz can tomato paste 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Salt Cook spaghetti in salted water until al...

Anyone with the unfortunate habit of listening to talk shows may have noticed the inverse relationship between loudness and logic. Or as Leonardo da...

Brisket is one of my favorite cuts of meat. It cooks for hours, and just when you start to think that it’ll never get...

The place that people would probably least expect to have a blossoming Jewish community is the country of the ayatollahs. Yet Iranian Chief Rabbi...

Chana Chovav-Maizel of Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem, has spent nearly six decades as a real estate attorney and has represented religious institutions and yeshivos as...

Every Friday afternoon, Rabbi Yankee Raichik goes to jail. He drives to the LA County Jail Twin Towers in Downtown Los Angeles—the largest jail...

Hummus has to be one of the most popular Shabbos foods in Yerushalayim. Along with an incredible hummus recipe, I’ve brought you lots of...

It’s one of those memories that still make me cringe. It was January 1984. I was 16 years old, one of five counselors who...

I had been getting distress calls for the past few weeks, but this time my sister’s alarmed tone left no room for inaction. “It’s...

The impression cookies are sure to make an everlasting impression, both in taste and style. When I found these innovative impression rolling pins, I couldn’t...

A few months ago, I hosted a panel at the Compass Sales Seminar in Stamford, Connecticut (which I wrote about in Ami Issue 522)....

In this week’s parshah, we meet two more of our saintly Imahot, Rachel and Leah. Rachel, the Torah tells us, was yefat to’ar v’yefat...

2 peppers, sliced into strips (color of your choice; use frozen if desired) 2 onions, diced (or 1 can Easy Onions) 4 chicken bottoms 2 (15-oz) cans...

Anticipation is probably the best word to describe what’s in the hearts and minds of children when they learn that it is already Chodesh...

During the public comment portion of an October 27 meeting of the suburban Phoenix Chandler Unified School District board, a woman identifying herself as...

Yield: 8 roll-ups 1 egg 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided 1 cup broccoli florets, cooked and finely chopped ¼ teaspoon dried basil ¼ teaspoon dried oregano ½ teaspoon salt 10...

4 chicken cutlets 1 6 oz jar classic pesto  - in a pinch, you can sub with frozen basil cubes  2 medium tomatoes, sliced into rounds Salt...

Yield: 12 puffs 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 egg yolk + 1 large egg, divided 1 tablespoon water ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract...