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...

The politics of the left in Britain have gone off the deep end over the past year, particularly for Jews. What is somewhat odd about this is that not so very long ago, the...

As in many European countries, the history of Jews in Romania dates back to murky points in the days of the Roman Empire. Ancient Jewish graves have been found there, which may be those...

When I got married in Eretz Yisrael in the 1960s, it was a different world from ours in so many ways, yet very much the same in others. We had a “balabatishe” wedding in...

It is said that before Rav Chaim Volozhin sent a yungerman off to a position in rabbanus, he would call him into his office. Likely assuming that Rav Chaim would share great mysteries of...

Afamous humorist once speculated about why it is that people would spend a few months of hard work writing a book when they can simply walk into any bookstore and purchase one for just...

  Ratatouille Tart Try to choose vegetables that are equivalent in width. That means you’ll need a skinny-ish eggplant and squashes that are relatively thicker. You'll get a lot out of each veggie; make two layers or...