The ongoing measles outbreak in Jewish communities in Israel and the US has caused its first known death, with an 18-month-old child in Israel who was unvaccinated passing away. Generally, the rate of death from...

Mr. Seltzer was brought into the hospital as what we staff members lovingly referred to as a “dump.” That meant that someone had brought him to the emergency room not because he had a...

Every year, the Kinus Hashluchim of Chabad brings thousands of emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch chasidus back from all corners of the world to rejoice with one another in their shared avodas Hashem. This year,...

ast week, Tuesday, municipal elections took place throughout Israel. Since no candidate won 40% of the vote in the mayoral elections in Jerusalem, a second round of voting will be held on November 13....

As soon as I stepped through the door, my daughter handed me my 19-month-old baby. “She hasn’t stop kvetching since you left. She also threw up.” I kissed the baby on the forehead. She had...

Adoption was something I always wanted to do, and it was actually part of my conversation during shidduchim. After our shanah rishonah was up, we submitted applications to all the agencies. At the same...

He was my son!” I hear a woman cry out between sobs. “He still is my son. And you know why they killed him? Because he was a Jew.” The scene at the kever of...

It was a familiar route but an exhausting one. A ten-hour flight from New York to Moscow, a several-hour stopover, another two-hour flight to Samara, and there were still several hours of driving before...

This was my mother’s brainstorm years ago, and it’s been with the family ever since! Traditionally, eggplant Parmesan includes breaded and fried eggplant slices among its delicious layers. Here, we bring you our version,...

I had never heard of Asperger’s syndrome before I met Ben. It was during the summer I turned 16 and my friend Rina and I were counselors at a Gan Israel day camp in...