My Cancer Chazakah // A three-time cancer survivor shares her personal experiences dealing with...
Many decades ago, I was taught in grade school by a very British English teacher that it was “good form” to have an interesting...
Hamas vs Israel // A conversation with Danny Ayalon
Daniel “Danny” Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat and politician who has served as both deputy foreign minister and as a member of the Knesset....
Berel Solomon // Wealthy Commercials
t is said that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million words. Enter Berel Solomon, founder of...
Echoes // Years later, my words saved a life
The phone’s ringing jarred me awake. I checked the clock on my night table: 7:15 a.m. I was usually already up at this hour,...
Galus and Gastronomy // There’s a message in your kneidel
Well, Shavuos is over and, hopefully, we all renewed our kabbalas haTorah.
And ate blintzes, of course, in the spirit of the Rama’s citation (Orach...
Columbia’s new Jews // The South American country is seeing a surprising boom...
In 2009, I was taking my daughter to the Centro Israelita de Beneficencia (CIB) for Hebrew school when the taxi driver asked me if...
Hoping for A Miracle // The doctors had horrible news, but we clung...
Our story begins with a pregnancy. A run-of-the-mill, perfect pregnancy. My husband and I are parents to five healthy children, and this baby would...
The Flower Frenzy // We thought our Shavuos gift was taken care of
Erev Shavuos afternoon found me rushing around the house doing some last-minute tasks. Yom Tov was fast approaching, and I was frantically trying to...
Rav Leibel Stempel // In a series of conversations, Rav Leibel Stempel reflects...
Life and death are in the power of the tongue,” says Shlomo Hamelech in Mishlei (18:21). I recently experienced that truism when I was...
John Kerry’s Iranian Friends // Reports of the former secretary of state leaking...
John Kerry prides himself on his relationships with senior officials of some of the world’s most notorious regimes, ties that he says have led...
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Women To Know // Leah Steinberg
Mrs. Leah Steinberg is a wonderful woman to know—and not just as an interview subject (although after an hourlong chat, she is officially one...
