“It’s just a mask, wear it. It’s just a shot, take it. It’s just a boxcar, get in.”  Thus tweeted Ohio lawmaker Kris Jordan, about where he thinks COVID safety measures will lead. “We’ve seen this...

Seven years ago, Adina was a lovely eighth-grader working on her yearbook, looking forward to her graduation and busy with high school applications. Most of her classmates were going on to the local Bais...

It was just hours before Pesach, and I was stuck in a traffic snarl unlike anything I’d ever seen. I drummed my fingers on the steering wheel as my aging Chevrolet crawled through the congested...

Day 1: There’s a little bump on my toe. Day 2: Hmm, what’s that bump on my toe? Day 3: Maybe I should do something about that toe. Day 4: I really ought to do something about...

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the most glamorous world event of 1953, indeed of the entire decade. Several pairs of white steeds pulled the golden carriage transporting Queen Elizabeth and her husband...

The lesson is a big hit. The girls are animated, engaged and following along. A small fly is buzzing around the room, but thankfully no one is paying attention to it. All of a sudden,...

Rav Grainom Lazewnik, born in 1915, is a talmid of Novardok in Europe who also learned by the Steipler while there. Among the many other Torah luminaries he met over the course of his...

I first met Devorah Schwartz at The Cookie Corner in Lakewood. It was the perfect example of how one article is goreret another. I was interviewing the ladies of the mAb Squad, who were...

Rav Grainom Lazewnik, born in 1915, is a talmid of Novardok in Europe who also learned by the Steipler while there. Among the many other Torah luminaries he met over the course of his...

I lived in Pittsburgh for a number of years in the early 1980s. During my time there, I met a number of local rabbanim and leaders, and I became friends with some who were...