Quinoa Mac-And-Cheese Balls

1 cup quinoa 1¾ cups water 1 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons garlic powder ½ cup mozzarella ¼ cup Parmesan cheese ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon mustard 3 broccoli florets, finely diced Flour Mixture ½ cup flour 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground black pepper ½...

Women To Know // Mrs. Stella Hassan

All of Stella Hassan’s children are happily married and living in Lakewood, so she had no ulterior motives for founding her WhatsApp group other than as a genuine chesed for the klal. Although, truth...

Pan-Seared Arctic Char With Strawberry Salsa And Passion Fruit Wine Sauce

6 (8-ounce) Arctic char fillets, skin on sea salt freshly ground black pepper olive oil 2 pints strawberries, cleaned and diced 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and diced   (caution: wear rubber gloves to do this) 1 cup cilantro, chopped 4 tablespoons...

Recipe, Please

“Hi, Chaya. Can I—” I begin. “I can’t talk right now. I’ll call you back. What do you need?” my sister says curtly, clearly exasperated. In the background I can hear a wailing baby, the...

The Belzer Rebbe Leads an Awe-Inspiring Shabbos in London

The Belz community of London was privileged to host the Belzer Rebbe, shlita, during a historic visit to the city for Shabbos and Lag BaOmer. The occasion was the chanukas habayis of the new central...

Did Comey Deserve To Be Fired?

I do not particularly like Donald Trump, as my readers well know, but I am stubbornly honest about praising him when he does the right thing. Prompt retaliation for Syrian use of nerve gas...

Caught Between Squabbling Allies

You probably had one of the most difficult jobs a human being can handle! It was challenging at times, but it was also the job of a lifetime, and I wouldn’t have missed it for...

The Jerusalem Nobody Sees

I descend a flight of stairs and then another and another. The air is suffocating and the stairwell is gradually growing darker. Soon I see a narrow door on the landing with a large...

Menuchah V’Simchah

Dov and Hindy Lerman* were thinking about marriage. Specifically, the marriage of their 23-year-old son Gavriel, who would soon be concluding his first zman in Lakewood. Very quickly, they filled up three notebooks’ worth...

Apple-Topped Caramel Mousse Pie

I tested and tweaked until this recipe was just right. It made its star debut at our family’s Sukkos table. Family members didn’t just want the recipe...they wanted a sample to keep in the...