Britain’s Dark Cover-Up // Why Is Britain Keeping Intelligence Secrets From America? Part Two
By the end of the 1980s, all three of these so-called British intelligence agencies had recruited informers among the known al-Qaeda members or supporters of other terrorist organizations from the Finsbury Park Mosque and...
News Fakers // Does It Still Count As Fifteen Minutes Of Fame If The...
There is nothing like the news covering—and being covered by—the news. Same with fake news covering—and being covered by—other fake news. In this scenario, it’s news covering fake news about itself. Oh, do read...
Memories Of Mallorca // A Small Spanish Island With A Long Jewish History
I listened for them, but there are no longer any footsteps echoing off the stones as the men return from shul or the little children run home for lunch after cheder. All I could...
Kosher Backpackers Needn’t Starve
When people hear that I backpack through Third World countries for weeks at a time, “What do you eat?” is one of the first questions I’m asked.
Because mothers aren’t the only ones who worry...
To-Go Cereal Bars
Whenever my children accompany me to the supermarket, they beg me to buy the latest cereal bars they see on the shelves. At $4 a box, I found them pretty pricey, considering that they...
Heavenly Dairy Breakfast Rolls
Do you dream of bakery breakfasts, hot, delicate rolls that are as soft as anything and smell as good as they taste? This recipe makes a big batch, which is no problem because they're...
Too Close for Comfort // My Husband Was Dead-Set Against Spending Another Summer...
“This place is gorgeous!” my sister Rivky gushed into the phone.
“You have to talk louder! I can’t hear you!” I yelled back. With my kids and my sister’s kids all under the same roof,...
Women To Know – Rivka Finkel
Rivka Finkel had a dilemma. A native Londoner living in Yerushalayim for over 20 years, she was already doing incredible work with at-risk teenage girls from Eretz Yisrael and abroad. Hundreds of them had...
Scratch That!! // When Ordinary Sounds Are Like Fingers On A Chalkboard
These were not tears of joy, emotion, or deep inspiration.
No.
These were tears of burning, exploding, all-out rage.
“I can’t!” I would roar, plugging my ears with both fingers as my mother hummed softly to herself....
Rippled Smoked Sweet Potatoes with Parsley-Jalapeno Aioli
One of my favorite tools in the kitchen is my ripple cutter. Even when I make plain French fries, the zigzag shape makes them look so much prettier. The kids love them that way...





















