No Request Too Small: It may be remembered forever

After the economic crash due to the coronavirus pandemic, Shimon Arbel, the principal of Ulpanat Amana, a religious girls’ school in Kfar Saba, was...

Two Families and a Diplomat: Was it more than a coincidence...

On June 15, 1940, a tall diamond cutter and chess champion stood in line with hundreds of other Jews waiting for a ticket out...

First Day Blues: the eighteen months begin

As if someone wanted to summarize and condense Netanyahu’s career into one day and create a portrait that tells the entire story, last Sunday...

The Churchill Deportees: Forgotten Round-Up in Wartime England

Winston Churchill is rightly remembered as the courageous wartime leader who led and inspired England to resist the Nazi onslaught at a time when...

My Daughter’s Special Wedding: Not exactly what we planned

We could never have imagined how things would ultimately turn out when we first started planning our daughter’s wedding. The kallah would be the first...

The Reunion: A favor is repaid manyfold

I was sitting on my couch, casually flipping through Ami Magazine. In the business column “Lunchbreak,” I read an interview about a Jewish billionaire...

Time Warp: After the “c” is over

I am prefacing my words by saying “bli neder,” which, I am told, in my Litivisher tradition is almost as bad as promising to...

The Senator from Texas: A conversation with Republican Senator Ted Cruz

One of the best friends of the Jewish community in the United States Senate is undoubtedly Ted Cruz, the Republican from Texas. As my...

In the Eye of the Firestorm: What it was like in...

Going into Pesach, tensions were running high as fear of the unknown overwhelmed the Minneapolis Jewish community. The COVID-19 pandemic was advancing with record...

Facing Your Fears: How I conquered my anxiety

Riki Fried recently contacted us. She   told us about how she began suffering from anxiety decades ago. This was, as she explained, “At...