This story happened back when I was a young and foolish bachur in an out-of-town yeshivah, looking for what they call a “chavayah,” an authentic experience. I’d been learning “fest” all zman, but come...

When Admiral Miklos Horthy, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, created the shadowy Order of Vitez (in Hungarian, Vitezi Rend) following World War I, observers could not have imagined that a medal awarded by...

1 small kabocha squash 2 tablespoons olive oil ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon thyme ⅛ teaspoon black pepper 1 Fuji apple, thinly sliced 1 Bartlett pear, thinly sliced 6 ounces mesclun salad mix ¼ cup roasted hazelnuts, coarsely chopped ¼ red onion, thinly...

What does success in creating a new neighborhood look like? Many of the neighborhoods we’ve looked at in this series are still in the first stages of their growth. For a look at a new...

Once upon a time, long ago, in a basement apartment on the outskirts of Ramat Eshkol, there lived a mother and a father and their new little baby. Their new little baby was the...

"Eeew,” I always thought to myself whenever I opened the bottom cabinet in my parents’ den—the one full of boxes that contain old letters and mementos. “Why in heaven’s name would my mother save...

I was born in Kiryat Shemona, Israel. My father was a policeman and my mother worked for the municipality. I was a born with both my feet facing backwards. I wore a cast up...

Tearful goodbye parties are a regular occurrence when you live in a young American neighborhood in Yerushalayim. So many people come and go (although on the bright side, there are plenty of welcoming N’shei...

Is the future of much of American Jewry to live in small villages sprinkled throughout Upstate Readers are always asking me questions about my sources. I have a question for you: Who do you...

At the stroke of midnight on May 2, 2011, four helicopters are crossing a range of mountains shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan, invading their sovereign territory in the pursuit of capturing a wanted man....