I will let you in on a little secret. I don’t prepare many questions before I speak to the people featured in “Lunchbreak” (well, except for one; I’ll let you guess what that is). I...

“We recognize there are not two sides of the Holocaust.” So spoke Texas school superintendent Lane Ledbetter, apologizing for North Texas school administrator Gina Peddy’s remark, surreptitiously recorded by someone among a group of teachers,...

Meet the cookiedilla, the cookie version of the quesadilla. This is a full-on, gooey, melty, mouthwateringly delectable dessert. Yields: 12 servings ½ (16.5-oz) package refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough, or make your own (see below for...

Gitta’s stooped shoulders may be weighed down by her 90 years, but her heart is directed heavenward. The morning is thick with humidity as she walks towards the entrance of Kever Rochel. She eases...

Rabbi Naftali Hertz Frankel passed away this past Shabbos at the age of 88. In addition to serving as principal of Bais Rochel of Satmar for many years, he was an outstanding askan who...

If you can’t find what you need on the shelves of your local store, go ahead and blame supply chain issues, increased demand and inflation. Jewish businesses are not immune, and the safrus industry...

It was Motzaei Yom Kippur and I couldn’t fall asleep. I’d fasted well and felt perfectly fine; perhaps I was wired from the cup of coffee I’d had afterward. Then the next night, I...

1 sheet flaky puff pastry Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting 8–10 tablespoons Tuscanini raspberry jam Apples: 7 Cortland apples, peeled, cored, and sliced 2 tablespoons flour Cinnamon, to sprinkle 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or juice of ½ lemon) Honey, to drizzle cream: 2 (16-oz.) containers...

If your kids like the idea of poppers, but aren’t into very spicy things, this is a fun, yum, family-friendly alternative. It’s also completely make-ahead friendly. Just leave the chicken frozen on a baking...

Once upon a time, for a brief moment, I had yichus. Not your everyday kind, but the illustrious, big-time yichus that gives you bragging rights. If I had only known how fleeting it would be,...