"‘Bubby!” I scream as huge flames erupt from the frying pan on the stove where something has gone horribly wrong. I watch in horror as she takes a large cover off a nearby pot and...

It is not for a person like me to even attempt to sum up the life and teachings of any gadol, especially a gadol hador of the caliber of the Satmar Rebbe, zt”l, whose...

Although the name Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson sounds like it belongs to a character in a Dr. Seuss book, it’s actually the name of Britain’s new prime minister. Come to think of it,...

This past Sunday was a day like few others in memory, as numerous disasters and catastrophes struck the Jewish community in the tri-state area and beyond. The summer had already been a tragic one,...

Last week’s “Closer Look” discussed the “fallout” from a nuclear explosion at a remote Russian military base. It took the Russians some time to provide the world with an explanation for the dramatic rise...

A planned trip to Israel by two anti-Israel US congresswomen created political pandemonium after Israel said that they would not be allowed in. Both Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) have been...

The first thing that hit me when I landed on Planet Supermom was its perfect houses. They all looked exactly the same—two-story Colonials with spotlessly clean windows. In front of each house sat a...

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri never imagined that he would end up in the eye of an international political storm. On one side, he had senior members of the Democratic Party of the United States...

One of the people I have gotten to know and admire in the course of my work as an editor is Leah Zagelbaum. Leah has held various positions in Agudas Yisroel, steadily working her...

You know those annoying people who always have loads of advice for you? The ones who tell you that you’re raising your kids all wrong, that your house is totally dysfunctional, and that they...