I received a nice email last week from one of Ami’s readers. He knows that I am a Democrat but that I always give credit to Trump where credit is due. I may not...

At the end of our conversation Kobi Bremer can no longer restrain himself and bursts out crying. “Yesterday my two daughters were interviewed,” he says, choking back tears as he tries to speak. They...

The first time I went to Israel, I was 16 years old, and the soldiers I saw at checkpoints and on buses looked like big, intimidating men with big, intimidating guns. But something weird...

When food giant Nestlé USA announced its plan to remove all artificial flavors and colors from its chocolate candies by the end of 2015, thousands of parents and health nuts across the country (well,...

What a month we’ve just entered! Iyar contains the same Hebrew letters as the word “ya’ir,” to light up. It’s finally spring on this side of the planet, a season that brings light and...

It was that time of year again. Twelfth graders around the world found themselves fluctuating between nerves and excitement, teachers tried to reassure classes to no avail, and parents were unable to sleep as...

The problem, as I sit before my desk that’s covered tonight with overflowing, unruly piles upon piles of poems by Sorah Rosenblatt, a”h, aka Ruth Lewis, aka Rivka Glick, author of Notes to Myself…...

In the past month, we went from hectic, frenzied days to relaxed days of freedom. How fast time flies when we’re enjoying it! The Midrash Tanchuma on Parshat Shemini talks about how fleeting simchah is,...

A couple of weeks ago, our kehillah was plunged into mourning when we learned of the sudden passing of Reuben Kahn, a longtime friend and member of our community. Although Reuben was not young in...

Four-year-old Dovi sauntered over to his mother, brandishing a T-pin he’d taken from her home-based sheitel salon. Without a word, his cheeky smirk conveyed what he’d do if she would prick him yet again. Esti...