Some staff members of the Anti-Defamation League have been advising the group’s leaders that anti-BDS laws are ineffective—at the very same time that the states of Illinois and Florida are taking action based on...

“Let’s talk about Florida,” I said to my daughter Devory as I stirred the butternut squash soup, which was starting to thicken. “We’re scheduled to leave in two weeks. All I have to do...

When Shimon* married a giyores named Sara, the Bobover Rebbe was their mesader kiddushin. Eight years later, they had four children. Then one day Shimon came home from work to find that Sara was...

As a Democrat, I must grudgingly admit that the Trump administration did something quite brilliant in bringing down the price of oil before the midterm elections. Moreover, this short-term Republican strategy may actually have...

The first time Eva Fried* offered to babysit for my children I thought it was a great idea. “Why should you pay for babysitting when you have me?” she asked one evening as I was...

There’s a brief hesitation at the last second while my husband and I look at each other in dazed disbelief. And then a click of the keyboard and the tickets to the Bahamas are...

An American novelist once said this about rural life: “These backwaters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion.” Regrettably, they also breed deep-seated feelings of bias and discrimination. The...

The Jewish world was shocked and saddened at the passing this Shabbos of the Kashau Rav, Rav Eliezer Chaim Blum, zt”l. The Rebbe was 80 years old. To get insight into the life of the...

This classic soup gets an amazing update with marsala mushrooms and a drizzle of truffle oil. It’s dressy enough for company but easy enough for a family meal. 4 tablespoons unsalted margarine or canola oil 3...

Dear Ami: My husband and I have a different take on the amount of household help we should expect from our children. We have three daughters, ages 12, 14 and 16. They are good girls...