Saudi Hit Squad // Turkey is keeping secrets about the Saudi murder

Sometimes I am ahead of the curve. On Wednesday, October 10, 2018, I submitted an article to Ami Magazine predicting that the body of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi would never be found inside...

The Chavrusa Who Cost $20,000 // A tribute to israel’s most famous att0rneY...

Yaakov Weinroth, a one-of-a-kind Torah scholar and Israel’s most fabled litigator, passed away last Tuesday at the age of 71. Well-respected in the chareidi sector, he was a talmid chacham who learned b’chavrusa with...

Blood Money // Insurance companies stalling on paying survivors’ policies

It was not a good day for picketing. A steady rain was falling. The temperature was in the low 50s—positively frigid for South Florida. It was a day for curling up with a good book...

Why Measles is Hitting Us Again // An outbreak in Israel hopped the ...

It’s happening again. The Jewish community has been hit with an outbreak of a contagious disease—this time, yet again, measles—that can be protected against with immunization. Public health officials are scrambling. And observers, both...

Right Place, Right Time // A confluence of seemingly random events reveals the hand...

Hackney, the area in which we live, is the second-poorest borough in London and boasts the highest crime rate in the capital. Why the chareidi Jews of Stamford Hill chose to settle in Hackney...

Gooey Snickerdoodle Cookie Apple Bars

This one’s exciting! What we’ve got here are bars that have a soft, gooey, rich layer of snickerdoodle cookie dough that’s topped with sweet, cinnamony apple slices. And then the apple slices are topped...

Exile on the Island of Mauritius // A father and daughter trace the deportation...

Mauritius. Some of you may associate the name with pristine, palm-fringed beaches and sugarcane plantations. Those who are zoologically inclined might think of the dodo, the extinct bird native only to the island. You...

What Are You Thinking Baby Moishy? // I don’t know what’s wrong with my...

Moishy was lying on the table with his body supported by the tabletop...but his shoulders were up against the edge and his head was hanging over. But then, as soon as he sensed gravity...

Flatbread on the Grill with Cream Cheese and Lox

If you like classic bagels with cream cheese and lox, you’ll definitely love this recipe. A hot toasted flatbread is topped with melted cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers, cashews and some fresh dill. Mmmm...there’s...

A Plan for Simcha // Special needs children can’t plan for themselves. And a...

Dina’s Story: When I was growing up, Tuesdays were always Aunty Sheva at Bubbe’s house.Bubbe wasn’t there anymore, but we still called it Bubbe’s house. I was probably 10 or 11 when my mother explained to...