4 Amazing Things to Do With Wraps
For a simple, filling, but amazing meal, roll it up inside a wrap! I’ll teach you my secrets of how to make a perfect wrap every time.
My rules are simple: include a protein, something...
Skinny Cooking with Victoria Dwek: Skinny French Toast
Make this Skinny French Toast recipe at home for Mother's Day!
One slice of toast? Eh, not so filling. A couple egg whites? Double eh, not filling at all. But … put them together in a dish like...
On Death and Mourning // A Widow Must Come To Terms With A New...
I lost my mother last year. Eleven months later, with no warning, I lost my husband. The wheel of life goes round and round and eventually touches everyone with loss and mourning. It is...
The Exodus Bensalem, PA // A Community Built on Kiruv
The growth of small communities differs from place to place. Some are planned; some develop organically. And there’s usually a mix of the two. The growing Torah community in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, has a strong...
Lost to the Frost // Does a Cold Winter Mean a Yanover Esrogim Shortage?
An unusually cold and frosty winter in Italy has led to concerns that there may be a shortage of Yanover esrogim as the Sukkos season approaches.
Rabbi Menachem Lazar, whose family has been providing hashgachah...
In The Footsteps Of History // A Fascinating Tour Through The Ancient City Of...
When my husband and I were planning our European honeymoon, we were excited to include Rome on our list of destinations, along with Florence, Venice, London and Zurich. For me, it would be the...
A Witness to Presidential Corruption // John Dean, Who Brought Down President Nixon In...
Nowadays, John W. Dean III is no longer the boyish-looking, horn-rimmed 34-year-old who mesmerized the world with his dramatic testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee in June 1973 about President Nixon’s direct involvement in...
Cherry Cheese Crepe Cups
Crepe Cups:
1 cup flour
1½ cups chilled seltzer
1 egg yolk, chilled
Cherry Filling:
1 cup Baker’s Choice nougat chips
¼ cup chopped hazelnuts
1 cup heavy cream
16 ounces whipped cream cheese, chilled
1¼ cups sugar
7 ounces white chocolate, melted in a...
Balsamic Tomato and Peach Salad
2½ pounds beets (about 10 medium), peeled and quartered½ cup fresh lemon juice
½ cup honey
1½ teaspoons salt
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 red onion, cut into thin strips
Place beets in a 4-quart pot. Add enough...
An Upside-Down World
In addition to my day job as an Ami columnist, I also have the privilege of serving as the rabbi of one of Los Angeles’s many shuls. But mine is no ordinary shul—it is Congregation Bais Naftoli, founded by a group of Holocaust survivors, and...





















