I received a nice email last week from one of Ami’s readers. He knows that I am a Democrat but that I always give...

At the end of our conversation Kobi Bremer can no longer restrain himself and bursts out crying. “Yesterday my two daughters were interviewed,” he...

The first time I went to Israel, I was 16 years old, and the soldiers I saw at checkpoints and on buses looked like...

When food giant Nestlé USA announced its plan to remove all artificial flavors and colors from its chocolate candies by the end of 2015,...

What a month we’ve just entered! Iyar contains the same Hebrew letters as the word “ya’ir,” to light up. It’s finally spring on this...

It was that time of year again. Twelfth graders around the world found themselves fluctuating between nerves and excitement, teachers tried to reassure classes...

The problem, as I sit before my desk that’s covered tonight with overflowing, unruly piles upon piles of poems by Sorah Rosenblatt, a”h, aka...

In the past month, we went from hectic, frenzied days to relaxed days of freedom. How fast time flies when we’re enjoying it! The Midrash...

A couple of weeks ago, our kehillah was plunged into mourning when we learned of the sudden passing of Reuben Kahn, a longtime friend...

Four-year-old Dovi sauntered over to his mother, brandishing a T-pin he’d taken from her home-based sheitel salon. Without a word, his cheeky smirk conveyed...