The master of ceremonies stood on a platform in Times Square, loudly inveighing against people of non-color. Flanked by two assistants dressed, like he was, in colorful caps and robes adorned with Jewish symbols, he...

As I knock on the ordinary looking front door of a ground-floor Jerusalem apartment, I see only four English letters: PICK. To her neighbors, Hannah Goslar-Pick is known simply as Mrs. Pick. But to...

Serves 2–4 Canola oil, for frying ½ eggplant, sliced (unpeeled) 1 large challah 3–4 tablespoons matbucha or 1–2 tablespoons charif (spicy Israeli dip), or both 4 freshly fried pieces shnitzel ¼ red onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 tablespoon prepared techinah spread, optional Extras: Pickles Green...

Focus—or more accurately, the lack thereof—keeps coming up in my conversations with the entrepreneurs featured in Lunchbreak. So many of us struggle with staying focused in our technologically driven, distracted world. How can one...

I was in the middle of doing the seating arrangements for my daughter’s wedding when my daughter-in-law Leah called. “Hi, Leah,” I said. “It’s a good thing you called. Maybe you can help me out. Do...

Serves 2–4 Chicken Katsu: 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon black pepper 2 eggs ½ cup breadcrumbs ½ cup crushed cornflakes 2 chicken breasts, sliced in half lengthwise to create 4 thinner cutlets Canola oil, for frying Sauce: ¼ cup...

Michael Vincent Lawler (born September 9, 1986), a Republican from the 97th district in Rockland County, was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2020 for a two-year term. In the 2022 election...

Last May, Shireen Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old American reporter for Al Jazeera, was shot while she was covering clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen in the city of Jenin, after the IDF raided...

We called our English teacher Mrs. Mean-a-ker instead of Mrs. Menaker, because to us third graders, that was the epitome of wit, and also because she was dour. Three memories stand out: THE BLURTER On the first day of...

During World War II, approximately 500,000 American Jews served in various branches of the United States armed services. My mother’s brother Moish was one of them. He was learning in Baltimore’s Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, but...