This Column Is NOT About Your Vote // It’s about...
Within minutes of Joe Biden’s announcement of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, a group called the Republican Jewish Coalition released a...
Speaking with the Peacemakers // Exclusive Interviews with Jared Kushner, David...
Last Thursday, President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement at the White House: Israel and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to a total...
Corona and A-B-C Warfare // Lydia Lanxner, Head of Disaster...
If you’ve ever been to Laniado Hospital and wondered why there are strange-looking curtainless shower stalls right near the entrance, the answer is that...
Rash Decision // A Casual Encounter Brings a Cure For My...
My baby Bruchy was only a few weeks old when a small rash appeared on the skin of her neck. It appeared to be...
Beirut Is Burning Part 2 // Recounting the Long Voyage...
In time, we will all know what really happened in Beirut.
I believe I can spot a pattern ahead of time and predict what the...
Pan-Grilled Frena Bread with Olive Tapenade
To make this dough in advance, pile the oval-shaped raw dough with parchment paper between each and freeze. When ready to cook them, remove...
A baby in Bolivia // Paperwork, borders and some ...
La Paz, Bolivia, is a wonderful place. It’s beautiful, vibrant and filled with opportunities for shlichus. There are also, unfortunately, things that Bolivia lacks....
Blood and Soil // What’s happening in Germany today?
Here and there these days, I’m reading the late brilliant historian Barbara Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize winner The Guns of August, a history of the...
Spring Water or Marketing Gimmick? // Most of the springs have...
.Evart is a speck of a city right in the center of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. At only two square miles and 1,900 residents, it’s...
Cheeseless Mushroom Pizza // Who Says Pizza Must Have Cheese
Cheeseless Mushroom Pizza
Who says pizza must have cheese? This cheeseless pizza has so much flavor you won’t even miss it. Serve this as an...
Don’t Kick the Donkey // There are 228 non-squad Democrats...
It’s become fashionable these days, almost de rigeur, for Americans to both support a political party and portray the other one as heralding the...
The Eensy Weensy Spider // Sometimes, discomfort and...
When my husband called me in the middle of the day, I knew that something was wrong.
“Hi!” he began. “How are the kids? What...
Is Big Tech Finally Facing Pushback? // Scandals and...
If someone 20 years ago would have suggested that the president of the United States would propose banning from the US an online service...
Ben Shapiro // On The Likely Disintegration Of The United States
Is America coming apart at the seams? That’s the assertion of the influential Orthodox Jewish conservative author, pundit and media personality Ben Shapiro in...
Tea Time With The Warlords // High up in the lawless...
As we find ourselves in the fifth month of this global pandemic, most countries still have their borders closed, and it’s been ages since...
In her husband’s footsteps // Rebbetzin Rachel Haber continues her husband’s...
It’s some three months since the untimely passing of Rebbetzin Rachel Haber’s husband, Rabbi Yeshayahu Haber, on April 23. Rabbi Haber was renowned for...
PUMPKIN PIE TARTLETS // Something special for Shabbos or Yom Tov....
Cooking spray
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
¼ cup brown sugar Splenda or your choice of sweetener
¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
1 large egg
1½ teaspoons pumpkin pie...
“cut the curls, you’re out of the band!” // Nechamah can...
It was the summer of 2004, and my wife and I were returning from a shivah visit in Providence, where we had lived for...
Heart and Mind // A heart-to-heart conversation with Beri Weber
Arriving at the yeshivah headed by the renowned singer Beri Weber takes me by surprise. The yellow ramshackle country-style structure is somewhat expected, but...
Talking Head Leads With Chin // Unintended praise for a possible...
It surely wasn’t Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson’s intention to lead with his chin or to guide Joe Biden to choose a running mate...

































