Choco-Orange Babka Wreath

Equipment: Hand or stand mixer Ingredients: 32 oz. Classic Challah Dough  Filling: 2 eggs ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar 1¼ cups chocolate chips 1½ sticks margarine or butter Zest of 1 orange 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon...

Our Friday Night Adventure // It was shocking how all the...

It was a Friday night right after candle lighting. I was finally about to relax on the couch when I noticed that my seven-year-old...

Larry Paparo // Floafers

Sometimes a person moves through his career, working various jobs and succeeding at them until he ultimately fulfills his dream of running his own...

Protests Against Lockdowns Rock China // China’s zero-Covid policy caused economic...

Empty streets. Barricades strung along roadways. Parked cars unused for so long that some of them can no longer be started. People indoors, some...

Sewage Soup // Call in the comedians!

The master of ceremonies stood on a platform in Times Square, loudly inveighing against people of non-color. Flanked by two assistants dressed, like he was,...

Anne Frank’s Frum Friend // Hannah Goslar-Pick shares memories of her...

As I knock on the ordinary looking front door of a ground-floor Jerusalem apartment, I see only four English letters: PICK. To her neighbors,...

Frying Frenzy // Challah Shnitzel Sandwich

Serves 2–4 Canola oil, for frying ½ eggplant, sliced (unpeeled) 1 large challah 3–4 tablespoons matbucha or 1–2 tablespoons charif (spicy Israeli dip), or both 4 freshly fried pieces shnitzel ¼ red...

Make your ADHD Work for You // Mental health expert Dovid...

Focus—or more accurately, the lack thereof—keeps coming up in my conversations with the entrepreneurs featured in Lunchbreak. So many of us struggle with staying...

The Babysitter // My daughter-in-law took a different approach ...

I was in the middle of doing the seating arrangements for my daughter’s wedding when my daughter-in-law Leah called. “Hi, Leah,” I said. “It’s a good...

Frying Frenzy // Spicy Maple – Bourbon Chicken Katsu

Serves 2–4 Chicken Katsu: 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon black pepper 2 eggs ½ cup breadcrumbs ½ cup crushed cornflakes 2 chicken breasts, sliced in half...