To avoid another shrill and unwanted wake-up call, I get up this morning just before six. The phone does not ring. I refuse to admit to myself what this means. As I get myself...

“I felt like I was going to the desert to die,” said Jennifer Rehmeyer of that fateful day in February 2012 when she abandoned everything she owned to pitch a tent in the middle...

I have a really nice neighbor named Yael. She has a house full of children and also manages to work full time as an occupational therapist. She is quite good at what she does...

The early American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne once shared the observation that religion and economics are strangers as they have nothing in common. My esteemed host, the economist Dr. Meir Tamari, who has dedicated his life...

The arrest on Monday morning of former Trump presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates on a series of charges roiled Washington, DC, but the wider implications, for the White House,...

That Friday night I was cuddled up on the couch, reading and enjoying the peace and quiet. After a whirlwind Yom Tov, I was glad to have a Shabbos to recharge my batteries. My...

Salvador Litvak grew up in New City, New York, a deep-thinking child who grew into a spiritually-minded adult. Although he’d had a bar mitzvah, to him, Judaism was dry and dusty, with no application...

Serve this cold as a salad or warm as a side dish. Whichever way you make it, you’ll be making it again and again. 5 tablespoons oil 1 large sweet potato, cubed 1 cup fresh small champignon mushrooms, halved ½ cup...

The toothpick tends to get discolored during baking. Try using a simple wooden toothpick for baking and replacing it with a decorative toothpick for serving. 4 large, skinless trout or sea bream fillets ½ cup walnuts, coarsely...

And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make ourselves a name.” (Bereishis 11:4) That was Bavel, but it could also...