On Call // A new organization named JOWMA is exactly what the doctor...
When Dr. Mimi Knoll and I enter Eliana Fine Feld’s house in West Hempstead on an ordinary Tuesday night, I immediately do a double-take. That’s because after Eliana greets us warmly and leads us...
Wat About the Wife who suffers alone?
She hears the soft tread of footsteps nearby, padding down the building’s thickly carpeted corridor, and wonders, almost ironically, if by some slim chance they are headed in her direction. In a pantomime of...
Roasted Veggie Salad with Tahini-Yogurt dressing
This delicious and light dish is filled with Mediterranean flavors. Besides the nutritious vegetables, this salad is dressed with a great tahini cream, which is filled with great minerals such as phosphorus, lecithin, magnesium,...
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Rebbetzin Chaya Sara Kramer
Even before Holy Woman, my biography of Rebbetzin Chaya Sara Kramer, was published in May, 2006, a year after her passing, strange things started to happen.
ArtScroll had been ambivalent about publishing the book at...
Spinach Napoleon
Classic Napoleon dessert is layered with creamy custard and can only be termed “light” because the dough is delicate. This stunning dish uses the same light dough but is layered with a savory spinach...
The Missing Son // A visit to the eye doctor uncovers a long-lost ...
Boruch Yida Ganz, a middle-aged Satmar Chasid from Williamsburg
Roughly 120 years after the petirah of my elter-zeide, Dayan Rav Mordechai Rothstein of Holmein, I unexpectedly met an old friend. We were at a sheva...
A New Semichah for Mohalim // Rabbanim respond to a growing issue
Recently, rabbanim in the New York area have noted a halachic issue: A growing number of young mohalim have been failing to do a complete bris milah. In some cases, that has even been...
Guide for the Perplexed // A new book on parenting combines exhaustive scientific...
Like all new moms, Emily Oster wanted to give her newborn daughter the best possible start in life, but it didn’t take long before her baby’s incessant cries nearly defeated her.
“I tried everything: bouncing...
Knesset Consequences Continue // Gabbay calls it quits; Lieberman is in trouble
Among the many recent news updates, polling results and dramatic declarations in Israeli politics this past week, it was impossible to miss two significant events: the retirement of Avi Gabbay from politics in general,...
When Kin Don’t Care Enough // We wanted him to live—but his sister put...
Our street is very close-knit and we all look out for each other—which was particularly beneficial for one elderly neighbor who lived alone and had no frum family. He rotated between our homes for...
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Staying the Course // MK Rabbi Yisrael Eichler on defending Bibi
Unless something completely unforeseen occurs, next Wednesday the Knesset will be dissolved for the third time this year and Israel will return to the...
