Mindful Eating: Yes, you can flatten the curve
Nathalie is a friend and nutritionist who specializes in weight lost. I teamed up with her to write this feature. She has great tips...
For the First Time, an Eruv in Stamford Hill: A grassroots...
There is almost nothing quite as controversial in Jewish communities as an eruv, but the coronavirus outbreak may have been more powerful than that....
An Uplifting Moment: Who’s that outside my window?
Due to COVID-19, all hospitals and nursing homes in New York have banned visitors from their facilities. While the rule is in place to...
Fueling the Mission: My cycle of loss, acceptance, and liberation after...
Friday, 26 Iyar 2018
It was the Friday before Mother’s Day weekend, a warm and sunny day that was typical of our hometown. I was in...
Hope: a small pharmaceutical company seems to be on the right...
For the first time in a long time, I am optimistic that we can dodge the bullet of COVID-19, no matter how nasty its...
Trapped on a Leaky Boat Far From Home: A modern-day story...
We were adrift on the vast Caribbean Sea near the Dominican Republic when the virus hit the region. We sailed from one port to...
Ahavas Yisrael Redefined: A Life of Kiruv and Harbatzas HaTorah
Raised in Boro Park, Brooklyn, by Reb Aryeh Leib and Chana Berkovits, both Holocaust survivors, Rav Yitzchak Shmuel Halevi Berkovits is one of the...
The Place Where I Belong: A Sefer Torah, the boy who...
There is a Torah on display at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. Encased behind glass, the discolored scroll looks brittle, as if it would...
Not Jewish Enough? Chaya Yael Almeda and her son are being...
In March 1, 2020, ten-year-old Moshe Dovid and his mother were scheduled to be deported from Israel to the Philippines.
“All my friends are here....
The Jewish Booklet in Jixi: How did a young girl from...
Elisheva accompanied her mother to the airport and then boarded the train to travel back to the city. As the train was leaving, her...


















