From Lithuania to Bnei Brak: Coming Full Circle at Ponevezh

This week, on a visit from Los Angeles, Chuck Abel was greeted at Yeshivas Ponevezh by its nasi, Rav Eliezer Kahaneman. Although this was...

LunchBreak with Meilich Sandel from SMA Embroidery

Around this time of the year, it is customary in many shuls to switch the paroches to a white one for the Yomim Nora’im....

To Forgive is Divine // How could I forgive the person who had...

It was Erev Yom Kippur, and our daughter Mindy was home with us, for now. The last ten years had taken her on a...

Teshuvah and Other Things // A candid conversation with Rav Amnon Yitzchak

An American author and cultural critic once had this to say about the attribute of charisma: “Charisma only wins people’s attention. Once you have...

Enigma // The doctors had no idea what was happening, but we continued to...

One Friday morning my two-year-old son Yehudah woke up sounding congested. He seemed to be a little lethargic and was running a low-grade fever,...

Two Heros, One Home // Rabbi Yitzi and Mrs. Dina Hurwitz, are facing the...

Of all the people I’ve ever met, no story has ever touched me like that of Rabbi Yitzi and Dina Hurwitz. Rabbi Yitzi, who...

The Care Navigator // When the doctors have given up on your loved one,...

When I meet Leah Horowitz, I tell her something I’ve never said to an interviewee before. “Leah, I don’t envy you. I don’t know...

Former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski // shares with Ami his feelings about ...

Last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing with Corey Lewandowski was the circus watched around the world. According to most commentators, it was an event...

Seven Days with Penicillin // A Tribute to Monsey’s beloved pediatrician Dr. Seymour...

A quarter of a century ago, I was an anxious young mother of two little boys, the younger of which wasn’t gaining enough weight....

The Forensic Case Against Iran // Firing missiles at Saudi Arabia, blaming it on...

“The facts, Ma’am, just the facts,” as fictional detectives used to say. So let’s look at the evidence. 1. President Rouhani of Iran was in Turkey...