There’s No Place like Home – For Tourism

For the thousands of visitors who flock to Israel from around the world, a new tourist attraction is making its way to the top...

Chestnut Soup

6 tablespoons canola oil 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed 4 carrots, peeled and sliced 2 leeks, sliced 4 white onions, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 7 ounces (200g) vacuum-packed peeled...

Cinnamon Buns

Dough 1 tablespoon active dry yeast 1 cup warm water 1 cup plus 1 teaspoon sugar, divided 1 cup oil 2 eggs ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup orange juice 8 cups flour Filling ¾...

Strawberry Smoothie

16 ounces frozen strawberries 1 cup orange juice 5 tablespoons powdered sugar 2 tablespoons vanilla pudding mix 2½ cups water Blend all ingredients until smooth. Yield: 8 small drinks Dipping...

The Caretaker // I was always there for my father

I was my parents’ caretaker from an early age. It was obvious to me that they were suffering and needed a great deal of...

Poland and the Holocaust // A Never-Ending Controversy?

The Book that started it all “One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half.” Those were the...

Phantom Baby // My next-door neighbor didn’t have any children. Or did she?

Ifirst met Goldie Wolner when she knocked on my door to welcome me to the block. I had a screaming baby in one arm...

On The Ground In Jewish Georgia // A traveler to Tbilisi visits a historic...

Imagine a small Eurasian country, finally free after seven decades of Soviet domination, now besieged, at times, by larger aggressive neighbors. Imagine a small...

3 Big Fibs // The Nunes memo goes nowhere. But neither do other political...

The first week of February 2018 was a tough time for the truth. The seeds of three big fibs were sown among the GOP—the...

Spiritual Terrorism // When a couple of teenaged Arabs forced two 19- year-old chasidic...

One of the great paradoxes of life in Eretz Yisrael these days is that the drama of the Jewish galus is unfolding there like...