Iwas born into a small family. My parents, both Holocaust survivors, met each other and were married in a DP camp shortly after the war. Once they were able to get visas to the...

A genealogist in her 20s sounds like an oxymoron. After all, doesn’t the word evoke a white-bearded bespectacled professor surrounded by dusty books and a quill? Rivka Goldblatt of Manchester boasts neither, and while at...

What Do You Think You’re Doing? “Are you sure you want to enter Gaza?” asks Yoni, an IDF soldier at the Erez Crossing, the northern access point into the Gaza Strip. “Yep,” I affirm. “Why are you...

Welcome to Rio It took me a few moments to understand what I was seeing, two or three seconds that seemed to stand still until my mind made sense of it. It happened in the...

The ordeal began innocuously enough. A young woman, on vacation in a foreign country suddenly begins feeling unwell. She goes to a local urgent care center, and is sent to the hospital. Within hours she...

We were thrilled when our daughter, Shoshana, became engaged to a wonderful young man named Yitzi. Their engagement period, however, was not an easy time for us. For family and logistical reasons, as well...

One Sunday morning, Yaakov Nourollah returned to his car and found it ransacked. Anything of value he had left inside was gone—including his tefillin. Extremely upset, he set about commissioning a new set as...

I like this roast because it is not as pricey as a rib eye roast but still has that “wow” factor when served, and it is just as succulently soft and buttery in flavor. 1...

Dough 1⅓ cups all-purpose gluten-free flour 2 tablespoons sugar ¼ teaspoon cornstarch ½ teaspoon guar gum ½ teaspoon salt 4 ounces cold butter 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 large egg Cheese Filling 1 (8-ounce) package brick-style cream cheese ½ cup sugar 1 large...

2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium onions, diced 12 celery ribs, diced 2 garlic cloves, diced 2 tablespoons flour ¼ cup fresh dill leaves 6 cups water 1½ pounds flanken on the bone 1 teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon white pepper Heat oil...