Choose someone to read this Megillah who can read with much more speed. You have to be a speedy reader ‘cuz there’s so so much to read. There are so many things that you’ll learn about, but...

While doing research for our Purim magazine I came across a fascinating article by Farideh Goldin. Raised in the ancient city of Shiraz, today Farideh lives in the United States and is the author...

Behind my mask of total incompetence,” I tell the lady who is helping me get my baby onto the Bituach Leumi national insurance—when it turns out that I need the kind of assistance usually...

This recipe is a “healthier” version of my pretty famous eggplant Parmesan spaghetti. I use parsnips instead of potatoes because I like their tangy bite, but feel free to use regular potatoes or any...

Pastry Dough 1 cup coconut oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup confectioner’s sugar 2 cups flourFilling 8 ounces (1⅔ cup) unsalted dry roasted almonds 8 ounces 72% dark chocolate, chopped 2 egg whites In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream...

1 cup heavy cream ½ teaspoon corn syrup 8 ounces brick-style cream cheese 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 teaspoons pure lemon extract 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemonjuice crushed lemon-flavored sandwich cookies In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip heavy...

Someone had informed on them. The girl and her mother had been in hiding, in an attic in Budapest. Every day, an elderly Catholic woman would bring them food. But one night, it wasn’t the...

There are few gedolim like the Chofetz Chaim (1838-1933), whose influence can be only partly measured by the ubiquity of both his sefarim and his portrait in Jewish homes across the spectrum of Yiddishkeit....

There’s an old saying that to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I am, by training and inclination, a professional criminal prosecutor. To me, innocuous events sometimes appear to be suspicious patterns. To...

It’s always a pleasure to meet an overseas personage in your own neck of the woods, or even on your side of the pond. Rabbi Zimmerman is the rav of Gateshead, England, and he...