Devastation In Houston // As The Waters Recede, A Large American City Faces A...
Spread across hundreds of miles in Texas, Lousiana and several other states, Hurricane Harvey came, wandered for a while, and then left, leaving behind...
Letting Go // My Daughter Was Ready To Take The Leap. But Was I?
They say love is letting go. What “they” don’t say is that letting go is like snatching up your heart and ripping it in...
A Place Where the birds No Longer Sing // A visit to the ruins...
The sky is clear and blue, the forest is a vibrant green, and the sun is shining through the leaves of the maple and...
Rebbetzin Esther Yenta Finkel, A”H // The Matriach of Mir
It was an ostensibly simple question—“Whose daughter are you?”—but it served to launch the teenaged Esther Yenta Greinerman on a lifelong mission.
As Rav Binyamin...
A Catastrophe in South Texas // Houston’s Jewish Community Still In Shock
August 28, 2017—The greater Houston Jewish community is still reeling from the most devastating floods in Texas history. As of this issue’s printing, Hurricane...
Chicken Controversy Continues // New Proclamations About The Brakel Chicken
It would seem that after much discussion and deliberation focusing on facts and feathers, the outcome of the battle of the Brakel that has been brewing over...
BDS Undercover
David Collier is a Jewish resident of England who has inflitrated the BDS movement in the UK and Scotland and has revealed the...
Old School, New School // Education Gets Schooled
Old School
“Poor you, Ima!” my daughter looks stricken as I adjust the straps on her brand new backpack. “When we all go back to...
Backwards In Time
Abe Foxman, the former head of the ADL, confessed on CNN that he was shocked. He never thought he would live to see the...
The Third Partner
Parenting seems so straightforward, when you think about it logically. You put in the effort, the love, the time, the attention, and out of...
APLICATIONS
Time Warp: After the “c” is over
I am prefacing my words by saying “bli neder,” which, I am told, in my Litivisher tradition is almost as bad as promising to...
