“I can’t take it anymore! I feel like going to sleep and never waking up.” I had been asked by the school’s guidance counselor, my friend Matti, to try to reach her. She had been...

My two sisters and I grew up in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which used to be part of the Soviet Union. We had a gas-burning stove, sufficient food and clothes, and lived what...

Being the new kid in school is never easy. Being the teacher of a new kid, though, is tricky, especially when the class you teach is in high school. When Chaya Sara Rabinowitz was...

n a beautiful March evening in 2016, Taylor Force, a 28-year-old graduate of West Point who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was walking along the Tel Aviv boardwalk with some friends when he...

Before being horrified at the prospect of a child or teen on a “diet,” understand that there is a huge difference between a healthy eating diet and a weight loss diet. The reality is that...

Dani and Shani Berdichevsky had been looking for the perfect apartment. They were getting married very soon, and Shani wanted to live within walking distance of her parents in the Northern Israeli city of...

Sweet potato pairs perfectly with the other salad ingredients, making this a healthy burst of color and flavor. Salad 2 tablespoons oil 1 small sweet potato, peeled and cubed ½ teaspoon salt 1 head lettuce or 1 (8-oz) bag...

6 red apples, either Fuji, Cortland, or Honeycrisp, spiralized on the second to largest setting 1 teaspoon cinnamon ⅓ cup orange juice ¼ cup brown sugar For the crumble: 1 cup almond flour 1 cup rolled oats ½ cup brown sugar 1...

½ tablespoon light brown sugar 1 tablespoon honey 1¾ teaspoons active dry yeast ⅓ cup lukewarm milk (stick it in the microwave for 30 seconds and let cool; if it’s too hot, it will kill your yeast) 2 cups all-purpose...

It’s early on a Friday morning, and a crystal clear, blue sky fills the heavens over Yerushalayim. The buildings on the Har Habayis reflect the sun’s rays in all directions. In the background, the tens...