A Women’s Advocate // Sara Siemiatycki wants you to know...

It all began with an article I read in Yated Ne’eman in 2002 that quoted a study by Dr. Dorit Isaac, saying that frum...

The Exclusive Ami Magazine Poll //What Orthodox Jews really think about...

What percentage of American Jewry identifies as Orthodox? Chances are, especially if you’ve ever seen any of the polls that have been conducted over...

The Mysterious Benefactor // My father- in-law was adamant that my...

Whenever I check my bank balance, I hold my breath, sure that this month it didn’t arrive. But month after month there it is—$10,000...

Walmart or Bust // Would our houseguest ever leave?

My phone rang, its shrill tone reverberating through the quiet house. I opened one sleepy eye. It was 1:10 a.m. A phone call at...

The Movement Comes To The Masses!

Now that the ravaging effects of out-of-control wedding expenses—a topic featured in Ami Magazine over the past few weeks—has been brought to the fore,...

In a tight spot // our nocturnal caller was over...

“Rrrrriiiiinnnnnggg!” The shrill sound of the telephone broke the peaceful silence. My heart did a little flip-flop as I stared blankly at the bedside...

A Taste of his Own Medicine

In the fall of 1999, Doug Lindsay was a student preparing for his senior year in college with a bright future as a biochemistry...

Orthodox Doctors Vs. Assisted Suicide // Laws permitting assisted suicide...

I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. —The Hippocratic Oath A...

An Audience of One // Rabbi David Refson, the pioneering founder...

A few days before this interview took place, its two participants—interviewer and interviewee—agreed that the better part of wisdom would probably be to cancel....

From Darkness to Light // The incredible journey of Tamar Sultanov

It’s the month of Kislev, the month of light and joy, when the radiance of Torah illuminates our homes and our lives. Tamar Sultanov, 27,...