Navigating Newlyweds – Part two
When Penina called to tell me her story, it took a long time until she was finally able to even get the words out.
“I’m so embarrassed,” she said. “I don’t want people thinking I’m...
The Most Wanted Man in the World
Look at him. I mean, really look hard. Look at those eyes, those dark eyebrows, the Lenin-like goatee, the cruel stare. Is this how Amalek would dress for work in modern times—a monster wearing...
The Silent Language of Tears // Crying Your Way to a Healthier You
“Ima, don’t go!” At the entrance to her gan, my baby girl wraps her little arms around my neck and buries her head into my shoulder. She smells of shampoo and milk. “Ima, stay!”
“Do...
The Shabbos Project // We thought we had failed
When my friend Pamela* and I first heard about the Shabbos Project, we fell in love with the idea immediately. What a great concept! Jews around the world who kept Shabbos and appreciated its...
The Palestinian Authority: Time for “Regime Change”? // Sometimes there is a valid reason...
At a summer conference of the nation’s largest organization of Christian friends of Israel, a senior Trump administration official broached a topic that has been the subject of hints and whispers in official Washington...
From Putin’s Press Pool to Star Charedi Reporter in Israel //...
Journalist Anna Barsky has almost become accustomed to the turn her professional life has taken during the 2019 Israeli election campaign.
Instead of chasing politicians for interviews, they are pursuing her.
In recent weeks she has...
The Last Jew in Afghanistan // My visit with Zabloun Simintov
It all began on a red-eye flight from Kiev, Ukraine, to Bangkok, Thailand. I was flying to Thailand for the first time, with a colleague. After an intense week in Ukraine, we made it...
We Used to Live in Paradise // A visit to the struggling Jewish community of...
Location: Altamira neighborhood
of Caracas, Venezuela
Time: 8:47 p.m.
Mission Leader: David, experienced
longtime local resident
Equipment: A car with lockable doors and reinforced glass, and a thick wad of bolivar notes
Mission: To buy a bottle of mineral water
After a...
The Lone Savior of Lviv // With mesiras nefesh and loneliness, Meylakh Sheykhet spent...
When Meylakh Sheykhet strides down the corridors of power in the musty halls of the corrupt and inefficient Ukrainian bureaucracy, whispers usually trail after him. If the functionaries who view the receding figure navigating...
The Green New Heal // Medical cannabis helped Alex and Shifra Klein’s autistic...
It’s late evening in a well-known kosher restaurant on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. Most of those seated at the tables have already finished their meals, as the restaurant is about to close. A...
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From the Operating Room to the Boardroom // A...
Dr. David L. Reich, MD, the Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Anesthesiology, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, and Professor of Pathology, has been president of...
