Grilled Peaches with Brown Sugar Pecan Crumble

4 peaches, halved 2 tablespoons light brown sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon Crumble 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes ¼ cup finely chopped pecans Preheat oven to 400°F. Place peach halves in a baking dish. Spray with...

Parenting 101 // What I Wasn’t Taught In Parenting Class

It was late Thursday evening, and my reserves were depleted. Did I mention that it was Thursday evening, the kitchen was a mess, and there was no sign of any Shabbos food? As the larder...

Ricotta Cheese Trifle Bowl

I happen to like cherries a lot. The sweetness, the juiciness, and the color all get to me. The pits? That’s another story. They can be hard to navigate around. I was therefore very...

Before Bais Yaakov // Eliyana Adler Traces Jewish Schools in Czarist Russia

In the narrative of the establishment of the Bais Yaakov movement, part of the story involves the tragedy of girls from frum homes refusing to marry yeshivah bachurim. Professor Eliyana R. Adler, who describes herself...

Salmon Quiche With Asparagus And Shallots

When we first began serving quiches, Chef Konditor was crazy about his masterpieces, but some people said, “They’re too European, not for the Yankee palate.” It took a few months until this product became...

Up Close With Henye Meyer // A Talk About Facing A Terminal Illness—and Life

Mrs. Henye Meyer, whose popular novel The Exiles of Crocodile Island, published in 1984, raised the bar for Jewish literature worldwide, is the author of numerous bestsellers, including A Stranger to My Brothers, Starlight,...

Identity Check

A kashrus mashgiach working in China recently had an unexpected, dramatic experience when he was stopped at a roadblock in Xinjiang Province and taken in for questioning. The mashgiach’s beard and religious garb caught...

The Exodus // Revitalization by the River

Motti Hershkop told me that he never thought part of helping a town grow as a destination for Jewish families would mean flipping pizzas. Yet that’s exactly how the tour he recently gave me...

Trust, But Verify

I never thought of myself as a kiruv type of guy. To me, kiruv was reserved for rabbis, not a 21-year-old guy like me who was still kind of finding himself. But my friend...

Trumping the Odds

As the Boeing VC-25 lumbered across the runway of Riyadh, President Donald J. Trump completed the first foreign trip of his presidency. And as the crew prepared the posh cabin for landing, Air Force...