Badges of honor – Ami visits North Korea Part Five
One afternoon I use some free time to closely examine my room. I inspect the walls, behind the closets, inside the lamp and under the dresser. I want to see where exactly the microphones...
The Ride of Their Lyft // A Brush with A Terrorist
The day after last week’s terror attack in Manhattan, the streets nearby were still a mix of chaos and eerie silence.
Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbek national living in New Jersey, drove a rented truck...
The Special Neshamah of the Young Chasidic Singer Motty Steinmetz
“I was born into a very good family in Bnei Brak,” the 17-year-old girl tells me on the phone in a rapid, slangy Hebrew that only an Israeli teenager speaks. “My family was really...
Women In Business // Sari Roth
Sari Roth isn’t your typical entrepreneur. At least she wasn’t a few years ago, when she first started building a company now known as Bontact. Back then, the chareidi native of Bnai Brak and...
Disaster and Early American Jews
As Hurricane Irma ravaged the tiny Caribbean island of St. Martin on September 6 of this year, Rabbi Moishe Chanowitz and his family took refuge in the safest place they could find—the mikvah. The...
Nightmare Come True // Things Really Do Look Different In the Morning
I glanced at the clock. It was only seven minutes later than the last time I’d looked. There were still another two hours until bedtime.
I was having one of those days.
My baby had decided...
The Tired Mommy Club // Why I’m a proud member of this privileged group
“I just saw a new book on how to teach babies to sleep through the night. It’s called The Sleep Lady. Have you ever heard of it?” my friend asked me the other day.
I...
Wasting Away // The disease that stole my mother
What defines a life?
The greatest misfortune to befall my mother, in her eyes, was having been born to a practical woman. Until the day she died, throughout a life that spanned three continents, she...
London Broil Salad with Savory Vanilla-Infused Dressing
2 pounds London broil salt and pepper
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powderSalad
2 heads romaine lettuce or 16 ounces chopped romaine
½ cup sugar snap peas
1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
1 red or...
Fighting Hatred in Mahwah // The State Sues
At long last, official action is being taken against the hate some Orthodox Jews have been encountering in the tristate area as Jewish communities expand.
In a dramatic statement referencing past racial discrimination against African...





















