Like many of you, my heart broke when I heard that a young bachur, Eliyahu Moscowitz, was murdered by a masked gunman in Chicago on Simchas Torah. There were too many parts to process...

This soup was an Instagram sensation last year, receiving mention on many food blogs. Here is my version, which includes kitschy, fun, and super lasagna flavors all wrapped up in one memorable soup. The...

I’m not a writer or anything. I just really wanted to share this in the simple language I know. I was first inspired to write this after reading “Offline” in “Hello Cooks” by Victoria Dwek,...

It was a life of hard knocks, sucker punches and gut-wrenching choices. Nothing seemed to go easily for Rafi, my childhood friend. His background was complicated. His parents were divorced, his sister was struggling...

Miriam cancels just as I am about to leave the house. “Don’t think I can make it today.” I frown at the message. This is the second week in a row she’s canceling our weekly Tuesday...

The surprise resignation of Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has left friends of Israel worrying about how American policy will be affected by the departure of one of Israel’s staunchest...

t is time to talk about what the agenda for the House committees will be after the midterm elections. My friends in the intelligence community have been kicking around a few ideas about what...

Dr. Harvey Rosner was a beloved family practitioner in Williamsburg who had served the community for 40 years, with a practice on Lee Avenue and an office on the Lower East Side. The entire...

Filling 4-5 pears (Bosc or Anjou) peeled and diced 1 bag fresh cranberries 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon cinnamon Topping 1 cup flour ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 18 cookies (see gingersnap...

It had been four years since they’d planted the vineyard. Three years of orlah, and now, finally, in the fourth year, they were ready to harvest. Really, they didn’t know what they were doing when...