The issue of drafting yeshivah students is, unfortunately, back in the news. In fact, it never left. Ever since Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, agreed to exempt the bnei hayeshivos from military service...

It’s an extreme example, albeit a cautionary one: In 1998, the water supply of Camelford (a town located in North Cornwall, England) became dangerously contaminated when 20 tons of aluminum sulphate were accidentally released...

My friend’s husband has two left hands, so of course she’s the one who pointed out to me the unfairness of our sukkah situation. “Your husband can build houses,” she said. “And you’re the one...

It is Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Elul, when my wife and I pay a visit to the Jerusalem home of Rav Yitzchok and Rebbetzin Rivka Ezrachi, daughter of the renowned Mirrer rosh yeshivah Rav Chaim...

Vivian Peretz has not so recently turned 70, but you would never guess it. She is full of life and overflows with energy, keeping herself very occupied as an artist and beautician. Her home...

1 large cabbage head Filling: 1½ pounds chopped meat ½ cup uncooked rice 1 medium onion, grated 1 egg 1½ tablespoons ketchup ½ teaspoon salt Sauce: 1 (46 oz.) can tomato juice 1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce 1 cup water ½ cup brown sugar ¼ cup...

2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar ¾ cup oil 5 apples, peeled and thinly sliced 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla Cinnamon, for sprinkling 1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. 2. In a large bowl, combine eggs, flour, sugar, oil, apples,...

2.2 pounds (1 kg or 7⅓ cups) flour 2 tablespoons dry yeast 5 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 to 2¼ cups warm water ½ cup oil Sesame seeds (optional) Egg wash: 2 eggs 2 tablespoons oil 2 tablespoons strong tea (steep a teabag in...

Rav Yosef Sholom Kahanaman, the famed Ponovezher Rav, is said to have quipped after his vast travels across the globe to raise funds for his yeshivah in Bnei Brak, “Every place on the globe...

The truth is that our intelligence services know much more about global warming and hurricane risks than our weathermen do, but no one knows it. Maybe we don’t want to know that the world...