I always wanted my home to be a place of chesed,” explains Rifkie Muskat. Rifkie is a beloved fixture in Chicago’s frum community, where her weekly “Tuesdays with Rifkie” lunchtime events, which feature homemade...

All of my husband’s symptoms were easily rationalized. David was getting tired, but he was after all getting older. He had constant stomachaches, but he did have pre-existing irritable bowel syndrome, so that made...

Back on Purim, the Jewish community of New York was almost entirely oblivious to the danger that was coming its way. But three people were already very concerned, apprehensive about what a flood of...

First, may I offer my sincere condolences to the editors and staff at Ami Magazine and to the many families among our readers who have lost loved ones to the COVID-19 virus. Many of...

Bentzi Porges, a Belzer chasid from Bnei Brak and the father of six children, works as a nurse at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. He is accustomed to hearing all kinds of comments about...

I was privileged to meet the Novominsker Rebbe, zt”l, about 25 years ago as a result of an unusual set of circumstances. At that time, I had written an article entitled “The Plight of...

We’ve lost so many distinguished members of the Jewish community, including rabbanim and gedolei Yisrael, over the last couple of weeks. How do you view the loss of such an important figure as the...

A wedding took place in the backyard of my friend’s neighbor. She watched from her window as the kallah walked around the chasan seven times, with only a few close relatives scattered below the...

After Pesach, serving anything remotely related to Pesach food is a no-no, at least in my family! If I so much as mention chicken or potato (surprise, surprise, French fries are always welcome!), I...

Every day we are bombarded with the most terrible predictions about this horrific pandemic. I wonder how you look at it. I look at it as WWIII—it’s the virus vs. humanity—and this is battlefield medicine;...