When Shmelke Diamond first telephoned my office and said that he would like me to meet his father, a New York State Supreme Court Justice in Nassau County, Long Island, I was uninterested. An...

I’m meeting someone I haven’t seen for a while. It’s obvious that he or she is undergoing chemotherapy treatment. It’s not only the lack of hair but also his pallor. Should I pretend that...

A cloud of gunpowder hovered over the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Exploding shells could be heard in from every direction. And yet, oddly enough, two middle-aged figures could be seen surreptitiously making their...

The adage “Got lemons? Make lemonade!” is an apt beginning to Rifka Lebowitz’s story. When she was 12 years old, her family moved from Scotland to Israel. “In the 1900s my great-grandparents were trying...

“You walk on the plank like this,” says the contractor, demonstrating for my benefit. “Plank” is a generous term for the thin piece of wood balanced between two concrete blocks that have been placed...

3 tablespoons olive oil 2 onions, diced 2 celery ribs, diced 1 large carrot, diced 1 white potato, cubed 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 bay leaf 2 teaspoons salt ¼ teaspoon white pepper ½ teaspoon coriander ¼ teaspoon cumin 1 (29-ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and...

These easy-to-make, healthy treats are perfect for kiddush on Yom Tov mornings or as part of your dessert table. Store any extras in your freezer for a quick, on-the-go energy snack. –Sara ¾ cup almonds 12...

I don’t know why I decided to buy lots and lots of heads of garlic that day. When I got home, I tried incorporating all that garlic into different dishes. It was not too...

I can offer only high praise to Nitsana Darshan-Leitner and her co-author, Samuel M. Katz, for their book Harpoon. It is a thrilling inside account of the history of the Harpoon unit and its...

It’s a sight we’ve seen before: an effective and appealing speaker advocating for Israel, the country that he is a proud citizen of, facing off with pro-BDS activists attempting to interrupt him. But unlike...