There is something especially divine about the mountains in the Jerusalem region, which are described by Dovid Hamelech as the place of G-d’s foundation (Tehillim 87:1). Ramat Beit Shemesh, which lies approximately 30 kilometers...

It’s funny what stays with you months after a frightening event. Ridiculous as it was, as the ambulance sped through the winding Catskill Mountains, I remember wondering for a fleeting moment if I could...

Someone turning to the secular Israeli media for their news might be surprised to find themselves listening to a chareidi woman. Sivan Rahav Meir is a prime-time news anchor and reporter for Israel’s Channel...

A Rebbetzin, one might think, earns her title because she is married to a Rebbe. The Belzer Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Sara Rokeach, née Hager, a daughter and granddaughter of the Vizhnitz dynasty, who at the...

The best recipes make the rounds of friends and neighbors...and this one came to my sister Suri from her great friend Etty J. Etty says that she begins the Pesach baking process by preparing...

On any given Shabbos, you can pop into my sister Leah’s home and find her island laid out with goodies that have just come out of her oven. Leah is known for her delicious...

4 cups heavy cream or nondairy creamer 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup sugar ¼ cup water 6 egg yolks, at room temperature whipped cream, for garnish confectioner’s sugar, for garnish Preheat oven to 300°F. In a small saucepan, add sugar and...

It was the next-to-last day for Sean Spicer in his role as press secretary when I spied him a bit farther down the hall, slipping into his West Wing office. He seemed rather tense,...

Americans remember Franklin D. Roosevelt as the president who led our country in the war against Nazi Germany. But stunning new research by Prof. Stephen Norwood, of the University of Oklahoma, reveals a disturbing...

At the urging of leading gedolei Yisrael, a campaign has begun this year in Eretz Yisrael to have everyone sign a heter iska when they come to sell their chametz to their rav before...