In It Together: A Covid Kallah uses her situation to reach out to other...
The was a blissful kallah, preparing to get married at the end of May in a traditional wedding hall. And then COVID-19 upended her plans.
Instead of stewing in misery or stoically bearing the change...
Convalescent Plasma And the Orthodox Jewish Community
Anesthesiologist and researcher Dr. Michael J. Joyner heads the convalescent plasma program at Mayo Clinic, which has been designated by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be the lead institution providing coordinated...
Small Islands of Jews in a Muslim Sea: The rabbis of Jewish communities in...
It was an impossible situation. Dozens of Israelis who had been visiting Morocco prior to the coronavirus outbreak were stranded in the North African country after its borders were sealed. Eventually after a few weeks...
When the Sky Opened in Curacao: A modern day miracle of rainfall
If you look at a map of South America and scan its northern coastline you’ll spot Curaçao, a small dot slightly northwest of Caracas and only 70 miles east of Aruba. As a Dutch...
The Milchig Meal: Dairy dishes for your Yom Tov seudah
It’s so refreshing that we get to cook a dairy meal for Shavuos. I love the change from preparing my typical Yom Tov menu of chicken, meats, and roasts to cheesy and milky dishes....
The Best We Can Do
This past Pesach, like so many others, Zale Newman found himself making a Seder under impossible circumstances. His wife, Rochel, was in the ICU with a severe case of COVID-19. Zale had contracted the...
Hitler’s Californian Summer Home: What secrets lie in the ruins of an abandoned Nazi...
A series of FBI raids, a mysterious fire and a subsequent flood would lay waste to most of what remained of one of the boldest Nazi schemes on American soil during World War II. The...
Getting There? Supreme court rules as a government tries to form
The justices of the Israeli Supreme Court have unanimously rejected a petition to stop Bibi Netanyahu from forming the next government of Israel. They also rejected a petition against his coalition agreement with Benny...
Will Camps Open This Summer? As lobbying continues, parents and children wait to...
Every summer, the start of the camping season is eagerly awaited by children who will be attending as campers. This year, their parents may be even more excited for kids to go away to...
Taming The Monster: My diabetes had been under control for years—but what was this?
My diabetes was never really a big deal. I was diagnosed at the age of eight, when my parents became concerned that I was using the bathroom so often. They took me to the...





















