Too Chicken to Remarry? // A divorced man’s life gets complicated when Purim and...
To really understand how Dovid Fishbein got me to go out on a date with a woman from out of town three days before...
We Couldn’t Survive Without It // Humor during the Holocaust
When I spoke to Dr. Chaya Ostrower of Tel Aviv, author of It Kept Us Alive: Humor in the Holocaust, she stated categorically that...
Saying Yes Again // The “second acceptance” of Purim and life’s difficulties
Purim 1986. Brooklyn, New York. My chasan, Nachman, asked me to help him check his new megillah. He leined from the megillah, and I...
Iran Then & Now, My Story
“Before the revolution, Iran was a Westernized country where its citizens enjoyed freedom of religion and other rights. But when Khomeini came into power,...
Uncle Moishy onstage and off // A heart-to-heart conversation with the consummate singer and...
“You have to realize that I’m in a bit of a different situation from other performers because I perform for children, which means that...
Make Hamantash Great Again! // We need loyalty. We expect loyalty.
I’m not easily outraged.
Okay, maybe I am. Sometimes. But there are times, surely we must all agree, when censure is called for, when holy...
Send in the Clowns // psychologist Neal Goldberg, who specializes in trauma and loss,...
Practicing Dying
Dr. Neal Goldberg was supervising a troupe of medical clowns on “clowns on rounds” in an assisted living facility in New York when...
The Gilded Cage // Sorele Brownstein shares why Esther Hamalkah’s life is relevant to...
I understand that your book The Gilded Cage: Queen Esther’s Untold Story is a historical novel.
While I based most of the information on mefarshim,...
Location, Location, Location! // No one could figure out why I had stomach pains...
My medical saga began when I was 13 or 14 years old, when I started to suffer from sporadic pains in my stomach. My...
Sorry, We’re Closed! // Israeli politics continue to shut Israeli citizens out
The State of Chelm. That’s the feeling among those who have been working day and night over the last few weeks to help Israeli...
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Creamy Cannellini Bean Soup
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 onions, diced
2 celery ribs, diced
1 large carrot, diced
1 white potato, cubed
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 bay leaf
2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon white...
