Going Bananas // A little COVID-fueled humor By Susie Netzer

I recently visited Israel with my husband and decided to look up some friends who had moved there from Europe in order to spend the best years of their lives among children and grandchildren. Baruch...

Shattered Glass // I watched in despair as my dreams of a happy...

The house was quiet, with the kind of peace that only Shabbos can bring. I sat down lazily on the couch, ready to enjoy my weekly Ami. I didn’t think I’d get past the...

Warm Winter Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Red Onions

Yield: 5 servings 1 cup quinoa 1 sweet potato, diced 2 red onions, cut into wedges ½ (24-ounce) bag broccoli florets Salt, for sprinkling.  2 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1-2 ounces feta cheese, cut into small cubes 3 tablespoons Craisins   Prepare quinoa according...

Yossi Michelashvili (Michelson) // Capital Solutions USA

Usually, a person becomes a successful businessman or entrepreneur, and then gives money to tzedakah. Yossi Michelashvili (Michelson) took the opposite route. After learning in kollel and being involved in chinuch until he was...

Defining Indecency Down // Using the Holocaust as a political tool endangers its...

It may have started back in the summer of 2020, when a Kansas Republican county chairman posted a caricature of the state’s Democratic governor, Laura Kelly, on his newspaper’s Facebook page. Ms. Kelly had...

Pareve White Hot Chocolate

This easy, creamy white hot chocolate is extra delicious topped with lots of mini marshmallows. And it’s not even dairy! Yield: 2 servings 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, vanilla flavored 2 tablespoons canned coconut cream or full-fat canned...

Revolutionizing Limud HaTorah Singlehandedly // How Rav Shia Leifer, the renowned moreh horaah of...

When I started printing sefarim, I put myself into very large shoes without having any idea what I was getting myself into,” Rav Leifer begins during a recent visit to my office. “Even just...

The Menorah That Almost Wasn’t // Late one Chanukah night, the Mother of...

The generosity of the Sanzer Rav, known as the Divrei Chaim, was legendary. There was always a long line of needy people at his door, and he went to great lengths to procure enough...

Jerusalem of South America // The rise and demise of Moisés Ville, a trailblazing...

For Javier Sinay, it all began with an email from his father in 2009. The message contained a link to an article Javier’s great-grandfather had written many years earlier. Mijl (Michel) Hakohen Sinay, with his...

Hot Chocolate Cheesecakes with mint whipped topping

These smooth, creamy cheesecakes blend some of winter’s best flavors. Yield: 12 mini cheesecakes cheesecake 2 (8-oz.) containers whipped cream cheese 4 eggs ½ cup sour cream ¾ cup granulated sugar 2 (1-oz.) packets hot cocoa mix 1 teaspoon vanilla extract mint whipped cream 1...