Selection 1: The Check // Riva Braun
"We’re talking peanuts here, Netanel. Drop the price by five million, and I’ll have the papers drawn up today.”
David Rothkopf leaned back in his...
Selection 2: A House of His Own // Raizy Friedman
It was Cohen in mesivta who first let the cat out of the bag.
“Hey, Spitz,” he said companionably as the group of 15-year-olds headed...
Selection 3: Scars of War // Sara Wolf
soup. She sat beside him as he swallowed spoonful after spoonful, ignoring the two slices of bread she had placed on the plate. Surely...
Selection 4: Dangling Earrings // Aviva Frenkel
Reenie slid the bracelet under her sleeve when they left for the sheva brachos and hoped that Nosson wouldn’t notice. But he did.
“Why are...
Selection 5: Pizza Break // Racheli Lebovics
The pressure of shidduchim made going home a tempting option
It’s really amazing that you can spend close to ten hours with someone and not...
Selection 6: Her Heart’s Desire // Hadassa Topperman
Two sisters are facing a life altering challenge.
It was only a few minutes’ walk from Chaim and Adina’s ground-floor apartment to the childhood home...
Selection 7: Brave New World // Malky Bornfreund
Their daughter Brachah had gotten married that evening. It was a lovely celebration. Her husband, Gavriel—the quintessential master of ceremonies—had been in his element,...
The Ger Tzedek of Ukraine // A conversation with Yaakov (Igor) Siniakov, who serves...
When I learned that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a Jewish chaplain by the name of Yaakov Siniakov who was a ger tzedek,...
Is There a Mole in the State Department? // Iran envoy Robert Malley faces...
“This latest chapter raises serious questions about how the regime obtained this potentially authentic document and what other sensitive or classified information they may...
David Sable // Doable
There are advertising agencies and then there’s Young and Rubicam (today VMLY&R), one of the world’s leading global marketing communications companies. VMLY&R’s former global...





















