When an individual experiences an extended nisayon, whether illness, incarceration or a major financial loss, it isn’t just the person who is affected, it is also the family. Sometimes the ripples even spread out,...

When Leah Davidson, a young mother of two daughters, was expecting her third child, she decided that the time had come to move. For the past six years, she and her family had been...

“Next year we celebrate in style,” I told my husband as I served him the last morsel of our anniversary dinner. This was six years ago. “But didn’t you say that you enjoy cooking up...

4 bone-in, skin-on, chicken thighs 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed 1 large onion, cut into chunks salt, to taste black pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 garlic cloves, crushed 4 cups chicken broth ¼ teaspoon cumin ¼ teaspoon coriander 1-2 tablespoons lemon  juice 1 teaspoon...

Though corn fritters are popular these days, this recipe was a staple in our house when I was growing up. My mother used to whip up a special batch of these when my sister...

This works well either as an appetizer or as a main dish. You can plate this salad in individual portions for a beautiful presentation. Try one bite of this and you will not put your fork down!...

Just before Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s case came, unsuccessfully, before the US Supreme Court back in 2012, a ten-minute documentary short appeared online. Entitled Unjustified: The Unchecked Power of America’s Justice System, it was a...

If you’ve ever met my grandmother, you’ll definitely never forget her. Dressed to the hilt, smile as wide and sweet as the kokosh rolls she bakes every Erev Shabbos, she’s the type who not only...

So, you’re going back to work after having a baby. How are you feeling? Elated? Terrified? Wracked with guilt? Are your feelings exactly the opposite of what you expected them to be? I can see...

There was ice on the ground, and I was stuck at home with four children under the age of four. I was cold and bored. The school holidays meant that there was no daycare, no...