A Cry for Help // The doctors kept insisting that it was “only...
Have you ever had to call poison control? I have. It happened on a lovely day in June, just after I’d bought the pharmacy...
On the Spot and Off the Record // President Trump invites Ami and a...
For four minutes the email sat in my inbox before I saw it. It was an urgent request from a White House official that...
Remembering The Liezher Rav, zt”l // Rav Yehoshua Zev Meisels of London
The London community and the Jewish world at large were deeply saddened by the passing this Shabbos of Rav Yehoshua Zev Meisels, one of...
Rabbis in Parliament // A group of senior rabbanim and askanim in England went...
Adelegation of senior and leading rabbanim, amongst them the renowned rosh yeshivah Rav Elyakim Schlesinger, as well as Rav Shalom Friedman and Rav Dovid...
Keeping Secrets // Telling my family had too many drawbacks
The first person I called to share the good news after I found out I was expecting was, of course, my mother.
“But don’t tell...
Israeli Feminists Vs. Chareidim // On January 15, Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments on...
The American philosopher and writer Michael Levin hit the proverbial nail on the head with his apt description of feminism. “Although feminism speaks the...
My Daughter Refused to Sit! // No one could explain her unusual behavior
When my 17-month-old daughter refused to sit down one day after I begged her numerous times, I took a deep breath and mentally prepared...
Anti-Semitic Congresswoman Keeps It Up // Ilhan Omar and the “Benjamins”
If you’re a sitting US legislator, and you’ve been accused of trafficking in anti-Semitic tropes and you’ve apologized publicly for doing so, we might...
Light in London // A tale of two wheelchair encounters
It happened during Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s recent visit to London, in the confines of a small office in a girls’ school where he...
A Clean Break // Can Clutter Really Impact Your Life?
I am no Marie Kondo—the author and cleaning guru who helps people get organized by keeping only the items that create “sparks of joy”—but...
APLICATIONS
On a Wing and a Prayer
A few days ago, my good friend Avi Hager called me to share an incredible story of hashgachah pratis.
“Two months ago,” he told me,...
