Tag: Thisweek

A few weeks ago I was shopping in a popular children’s store in Monsey. Standing at the register to pay for my purchases, I...

Chaim Ekstein lives in Kiryas Yoel. But when he recently announced that he’s aiming to make the wedding of his recently engaged son for...

Sailors call it a “sea turn” when a usually steady and predictable onshore wind suddenly changes direction without any warning. A major reversal may...

It is our family tradition on Pesach to spread butter on matzos for breakfast. But this past year, the supermarket shelves were empty of...

“Don’t call my wife yet,” Yossi told his boss at the meat processing plant where he was employed. Meat was Yossi’s specialty, having worked in...

Keeping kosher was not a priority in my childhood home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. My parents’ priorities included raising us to pursue a university...

It started with a random text message from my editor early one afternoon. “Want to go to Kentucky tomorrow?” I chuckled at the way the...

For most kosher consumers, the extent of their contact with the kashrus industry is when they check packages of food at the grocery store...

Last week the prime ministers of Lebanon and Iraq were forced to resign in the face of widespread popular protests. The people said they...

Today in Israel, words like “exclusion of women” ring very loudly, even when it comes to a musical performance held to help the sick....