Marooned In Moroco

Vivian Peretz has not so recently turned 70, but you would never guess it. She is full of life and overflows with energy, keeping...

Bubby’s Succulent Stuffed Cabbage

1 large cabbage head Filling: 1½ pounds chopped meat ½ cup uncooked rice 1 medium onion, grated 1 egg 1½ tablespoons ketchup ½ teaspoon salt Sauce: 1 (46 oz.) can tomato juice 1 (15...

Apple Kugel

2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar ¾ cup oil 5 apples, peeled and thinly sliced 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla Cinnamon, for sprinkling 1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. 2....

Shabbos Challah

2.2 pounds (1 kg or 7⅓ cups) flour 2 tablespoons dry yeast 5 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 to 2¼ cups warm water ½ cup oil Sesame seeds (optional) Egg...

My Father, The Visionary // Gedaliah Zlotowitz Reflects On His Father,...

Rav Yosef Sholom Kahanaman, the famed Ponovezher Rav, is said to have quipped after his vast travels across the globe to raise funds for...

Thousand Year View // We Know Less About Nature Than We...

The truth is that our intelligence services know much more about global warming and hurricane risks than our weathermen do, but no one knows...

Are We Safe At Shul? // An American Jewish Organization Fills...

man was wearing a cap with NYPD markings on it. He had a police shield, mace and handcuffs, he said he was a police...

For Jerusalem’s Sake // A Visit With Rav Shlomo Amar

“The Kotel Hamaaravi is the last remnant of our Beit Hamikdash,” Rav Shlomo Moshe Amar, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Yerushalayim tells me during...

YOU vs. YOU // When An Investigative Article Will Help One...

I confess: Although I aim to be broadminded and egalitarian, in many situations I ultimately find myself to be unequivocally parochial and ethnocentric, no...

Blowing Shofar For Rav Elyashiv

It's a bit of a daunting undertaking to try to describe a Yemenite shofar, or any shofar for that matter. But the best description...