The Healer of Wounds // After witnessing his father suffer from diabetic ulcers, Shia...
Shia Weinstock grew up watching his father suffer from diabetes-related ulcer wounds that wouldn’t heal. As an adult, he pushed against the norm and created a formula that, he says, “works even if you...
The Courtroom of the Mind // Should a mentally ill person be hospitalized? That’s...
A middle age man, a patient in a psychiatric hospital, sits in the back of a room where his doctor is explaining to a judge and to several lawyers why he needs to be...
Ode to the Special Need Parent // The unique way in which Orthodox Jews...
Having grown up in a small city in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Heather Ferguson hadn’t heard much about Jews at all. “I knew that there were Jews, and I knew that every religion had different...
Spinning My Wheels // If it sounds too good to be true…
Most newlyweds would love to have their own car, but on our kollel budget, leasing a new car or even owning a secondhand one was simply not affordable. Whenever we wanted to go somewhere,...
A Survivor’s Lustrous Legacy // My late shver left us a life-changing lesson
This world became a poorer place on the 20th of Teves, when my beloved father-in-law, Yisrael Yitzchok Cohen of Toronto, was summoned to the next one.
Poorer not only because he was a talmid chacham,...
Alternate Reality // She did not want to be confused with the facts
One evening, during that in-between time after camp ends and school hasn’t started yet, our family spontaneously scheduled a get-together at a local restaurant. I was talking to my mother on the phone trying...
The Light at Then End of the Tunnel // Dr. Anthony Fauci shares his...
The Penguin Book of Interviews, a rather fascinating anthology of interviews ranging from Joseph Stalin to Sigmund Freud, is of particular appeal for anyone who has interest in the art of the interview. But...
Dying to be Thin // Rabbi Dovid Dewick is on a mission to help...
Families that are dealing with a member who has an eating disorder need help to make it through the difficult process of treatment. For many, Rabbi Dovid Dewick of Magen Avrohom is the person...
Zucchini-Stuffed Pizza Boats
The keto diet allows for non-traditional diet foods, like cheese. These pizza boats are adorable and delicious and will become your new family favorite. They are filled with protein from vegetarian meat,* and loaded...
Pulled-Beef Taco
5 pieces of minute steak
2 cans Dr. Pepper (you can use diet but I love the real version)
1 onion, diced
¼ cup tomato sauce
Garlic powder, salt and pepper, to taste
Place the steak in a Crock-Pot...





















