Death Row Chaplain
For the past four years Rabbi Menachem Mallinger has been living in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by rugged mountains and steep valleys. He...
Women To Know: Mrs. Debbie Shapiro
Parkinson’s is a very isolating disease. Your world grows smaller and slower, while around you, the people you know and love are rushing, accomplishing,...
Glennfinnan Viaduct
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12 Things About Food Coloring
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The Pesach Program That Wasn’t
We all know the stories from the early 1900s, when people lost their jobs week after week because they refused to desecrate Shabbos. One...
Women To Know
Interacting with Miriam Ballin pulls you into a fast-paced experience. You cannot sit across from this embodiment of multitasking without feeling a quickening of...
A Painful Pill to Swallow
My brother’s Shabbos bavarfen was supposed to be a joyful event. I never expected that it would also involve agonizing pain, a medical scare...
The Charleston Lach
Charleston, South Carolina, is a small Southern city renowned for its history, charm and beauty. Tourists flock here to see where the first shot...
Pumpkin Apple Muffins
2½ cups white whole wheat flour
1¼ cups brown sugar
1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
½ cup applesauce
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1...
Massive Mishaps
An interesting email from the White House found its way into my inbox on the Friday before Purim. They were seeking confirmation that I...
APLICATIONS
A Nazi’s Revealing Order // There are railcars and there are...
Tishah B’Av and the Yomim Nora’im—in 1942, that approximately 265,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, the largest in German-occupied Europe, were transported to their...
