As I prepare for my son’s upsherin, his first major milestone, I am totally predictable. As an emotional, intense and rather imaginative person, I am not surprised at the maelstrom of feelings that assault...

If there is one Hebrew word a foreigner quickly picks up in Israel it’s “pekak.” That is inevitable, since wherever you wish to go you will encounter pekakim, as traffic jams are called in...

It was an ambitious, grandiose plan bordering on madness, and it could have changed the face of the Middle East. It was a plan that could only arise amid the crazy reality that was Lebanon...

For an adult, anxiety can be hard to deal with. But what do you do when your child is experiencing it? Here are tools and tips for helping them navigate their anxiousness, techniques that...

The first thing that strikes you about Naomi’s house is the garden. It’s not one of those sculpted, landscaped magazine gardens. This garden features an overturned…well, bookcase, recycled and reincarnated as a segmented vegetable...

This can be served in place of deli roll on Shabbos or as an appetizer over a bed of greens. Whichever way, it won’t last! 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 3-4 medium sweet onions, sliced 1 big pinch kosher...

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup quick cooking couscous (not Israeli couscous) 4 garlic cloves, crushed ½ cup cherry tomatoes, halved ½ cup pitted black olives, sliced ¼ cup chopped parsley ¼ cup chopped...

½ cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ⅛ teaspoon salt 1½ cups oatmeal 2 tablespoons flaked coconut ⅔ cup brown sugar ½ cup sugar ½ cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¾ cup Klein’s...

For the last two years I have been predicting that Putin’s unreported theft of hard currency from Russia’s central bank would force the country into technical bankruptcy by the last quarter of 2017. Well,...