The Orphan’s Son: How my father forged his legacy—and mine

When I was a little boy, I had many questions. But I didn’t dare ask them. Instead, they whirled about in my mind, giving...

Hitler’s Hidden Treasure: The Search for Priceless Artifacts Looted from Vienna

By April of 1945, Hitler was hiding deep in his subterranean bunker. In a delusional state, he was moving nonexistent armies over a map...

A Close Call: I Almost Missed Repairing My Relationship With My...

In AmiLiving Issue #280, we published an article entitled “Shattered Hearts,” in which we first highlighted the phenomenon of children cutting themselves off from...

Hack It!

As a rule, I don’t bake. There are two reasons why: First, to me, baking means a delicate snow, folding, mixing, layering, pinching and/or brushing....

The Guy with the Masks: I thought I’d be able to...

After years of being stuck in a decent-paying but dead-end job, slaving for ten hours a day to please an impossible boss and having...

Covering up coronavirus: why is Russia trying to blame the us...

Something very unusual is happening off the coast of Israel. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of aircraft have been tracked flying in circles around a spot...

Miriam Konstam: Her all-female accounting firm isn’t just about numbers

Miriam Konstam, née Schaechter, originally of Boro Park, is an accountant for high-tech clients in Eretz Yisrael. The fascinating thing about this is not...

My Letter to Governor Cuomo: In the battle with my insurance...

My story began three years ago when I switched to Fidelis as my insurance carrier; it is a well-known insurance company popular in Rockland...

Two weeks to go: Working to win the religious settlers’ votes

The place: Yishuv Nachaliel in Western Binyamin. The time: Late evening. The secretary general of Degel HaTorah, Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus, looks out the window...

The Private Purchase: I hadn’t breathed a word of what she’d...

I had mixed emotions when my tenant Raizy Berger called to tell me she’d signed a contract on a house. While I was thrilled...

Stuck! A conversation with Shimon Dahan, who is quarantined on the...

One of the people who has been quarantined on the cruise ship currently docked off the coast of Japan because of the coronavirus is...

In the Zone of Flying Saucers: Shloime Zionce Visits Area 51

Deep in the Nevada desert lies a massive parcel of land that belongs to the United States government. Surrounded by tall mountains, it is...

Everything Is Fine, But Sometimes I Don’t Want to Live: Depression...

One foot in front of the other. Right, then left, then right again. If she continues doing this, eventually her feet will carry her...

Off the Shoulder: A series of great meat recipes that won’t...

Hey, hope you had a great week! Are you ready for some more corny jokes and great recipes? One of my father’s favorite jokes goes...

NATO Training for a Turkey Shoot

Something very unusual is happening off the coast of Israel. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of aircraft have been tracked flying in circles around a spot...

Miriam Konstam: Her all-female accounting firm isn’t just about numbers

Miriam Konstam, née Schaechter, originally of Boro Park, is an accountant for high-tech clients in Eretz Yisrael. The fascinating thing about this is not...

Journey to Egypt // The Vizhnitzer REbbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Hager,...

There is a widespread custom to recite Parshas HaMann, the Torah portion that relates the story of the mann falling from heaven, as a...

The Longest Short Sale in the World // Was this house...

“Where are we going to put the crib?” That was pretty much the second thing I said when I found out that I was...

Name Calling // When Every Word can Cost You Votes

Reuven Adler, the PR expert who transformed Ariel Sharon from someone who was politically shunned into the prime minister, once said that no one...

Defending the Constitution

Last week, President Trump celebrated his triumph in the impeachment trial. In the high-stakes and often bitter proceedings in the Senate, the president was...