When I got married right after the war, I didn’t have stars in my eyes, but I never imagined that it would turn out the way it did. My husband Zalman had lost his...

What happens when a psychologist gets to decide your child’s future? I married Amanda* in my second year of dental school, hoping to become an endodontist—a root canal specialist. She was in her third year...

The Financial District of Manhattan is always bustling on weekdays, but when I arrive there by train just before 9:00 a.m., when most businesses open, the crowds are moving swiftly and with purpose. I’m waiting...

Some of us believe that the ultra-right Revolutionary Iranian Guard Corps (IRGC) is preparing to launch a coup against their elected (and comparatively moderate) president, Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani’s “crime” was not so much that...

The stranger I had asked how to get from where we were to where I was supposed to be looked at me like I was a strange visitor from another planet. “Are you asking...

Over the past decade of working as a marketing professional, I have had the opportunity to work with some fascinating clients in almost every part of the world. One of our strong selling points...

Q: Stephanie Grisham’s first week as both press secretary and communications director has just come to an end. How do you think she’s doing? A: She’s very good at this job. She’s talented and she’s...

“I hate the way I look.” “I look in the mirror and I want to cry.” “If I haven’t lost weight for my daughter’s wedding, I’d rather not go.” I hear this every day! Women hating their...

The shidduch parshah is stressful enough even with a “typical” résumé: Bais Yaakov followed by seminary in Eretz Yisrael, volunteering for chesed organizations, etc. But when the résumé veers a bit from the typical,...

Finding a suitable shidduch has never been easy, as Chazal said thousands of years ago (Sotah 2a): “It is as difficult to pair a man and a woman as the splitting of the Yam...