Return from Camp // Your son just came home? Proceed at...
Five years ago, I gingerly unpacked my young son’s duffel bag after he came home from camp. Outside. On the front lawn. Rule number...
Along the Croatian Coast // A visit to Jewish locales...
‘‘It is good your luggage have wheels,” my taxi driver remarked as he loaded my suitcase into the trunk of his cab. “I can...
Bring Our Son Home //Simha and Leah Goldin, the parents of...
It is late afternoon in the quaint town of Kfar Saba. The parents of Hadar Goldin, Professor Simha and Dr. Leah Goldin, are sitting...
Trump and the Orthodox Jewish Community – An independent poll...
In the first known effort of its kind, Ami Magazine commissioned a poll of Orthodox Jews in the tristate area about their views on...
Metaphor for a Culture // The dance of the matador
“It’s not a sport, señora.”
Esperanza folded her arms and snorted. How foolish the Americans were to think that everything is a game! The Spaniards...
The Trump Economy // As the numbers boom, how much credit...
‘‘Once again, we are the economic envy of the entire world.”
Those were President Donald Trump’s words on Friday, as he delivered remarks on the...
Washington Insider
Putting Himself on the Rhetorical Firing Line
When 16-year-old Kyle Kashuv survived the Parkland shooting, he never imagined he’d have to survive daily attacks in...
Can you believe it? // Bizarre beliefs that linger from childhood
One blazingly hot Chol Hamoed day, when I was around nine years old, my parents beat the heat by taking me and my siblings...
Never Give Up Hope
When Yaakov and Aliza found out that they were expecting twins, they were overwhelmed and excited. But at the end of the first trimester,...
Seeing the Whole Chessboard // The next move may be ...
The game of chess was invented in Persia, but now it may be the Israelis who are the real grandmasters when it comes to...


















