Putin Weeps: Russia’s desire for the world’s admiration backfires
Vadimir Putin must feel sorry for himself. This was supposed to be his year of triumphs: a series of foreign policy successes, growth in...
The Emotional And Educational Challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic: A convsersation with the renowned...
Rav Dovid Levy, a native of Yerushalayim and founder of Pele Yoetz, a not-for-profit organization that provides the tools for people to cope with...
Sick, stuck… and surprised: A recuperation leads to a reconnection
My husband, Mendel, was receiving outpatient treatment for cancer in a prestigious Florida hospital. We were itching to get back to Europe for our...
Two Little Girls Who Survived: A Majdanek reunion after 74 years
Hello. My name is Chana Zinger. I am phoning you because I am looking for Sara Peri of Givatayim. You don’t know me. I’m...
Prep For Shavuos With Efrat: Start your Yom Tov prep with this cheese-filled goodness
I’ve heard many complaints from my pastry school students that when they tried making a yeast-based cake, the dough always overpowered the filling. This...
Meron, Desolate: Rabbi Chaim Rabinowitz discusses Lag Ba’omer in a time of lockdown
‘Painful,’ ‘depressing,’ ‘I can’t believe my eyes.’ These are some of the things that residents of Meron keep repeating when they see Meron completely...
Shingles: an avoidable misery
Doctor, I feel like my skin is on fire, my flesh is being eaten, and I have thousands of knives beneath the surface jabbing...
De Blasio Lashes Out At The Jewish Community: The New York City mayor’s outburst...
A tweet from New York City’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, in the aftermath of the levayah of Rav Chaim Mertz, the Tola’as Yaakov Rebbe, which...
Stopping the Nursing Home Pandemic
Across the US, one type of facility has been a horrifying locus for coronavirus deaths: the nursing home. The Associated Press reported this week...
A Wedding and a Wheelchair: Where she was heading wasn’t where she ended up
A cup of hot chocolate and a good book. The thought alone was enough to keep Rochie Kaplan* going that cold, rainy Tuesday as she...
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A Tale of Two Monsters // Iron is defeated by irony
The hallmark of Amalek, the would-be nemesis of klal Yisrael and the nation that spawned Haman, is the conviction that existence is meaningless, that...
