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By Rabbi Baruch Gefner Ever since our people were exiled from Eretz Yisrael, the thought of Yerushalayim has intensified in our collective heart. We mourned over it, dreamed about it,…
By Meir Niv “So, what would you like to receive as your reward?” the king of India asked the honoree of the evening, a man who had recently invented…
By Baila Marcus Twenty-six years ago, as a newlywed, I learned how to fry schnitzel and iron my husband’s shirts. After several months of marriage, worrying bits of information filtered…
By Rabbi Yaakov Barr, MSc, PGDip, BABCP Accreditation Today, everyone is busy. I had a chat with a friend recently that went something like this: “How is everything going?” my…
BY MENACHEM POLLAK Harav Pinchas Hirschprung (5672/1912–5758/1998), whose 20th yahrtzeit was Sunday, 27 Teves, was a gaon olam who would dazzle his audience with his wide breadth of knowledge of…
BY MIRIAM GOTTLIEB The Holocaust. The hate, the horror, the throbbing hurt of a nation in ruin. Rivers of ink, museums of memorabilia, and so many words still falling woefully…
I will freely admit that I don’t understand how dry cleaners work. How do they get that stuff clean? And without water! Everyone says, “They use chemicals.” They say it…
BY MENUCHA CHANA LEVIN Creative, gracious, original, colorful, inspiring … in these ways Sheva Chaya Shaiman is similar to the unique works of art she produces. An expressive watercolor artist…
BY HARAV NECHEMIA PINKESOVIC Harav Yosef Yehudah was a member of the inner circle of the Maggid of Mezeritch and Harav Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye. While he was living in…
A true story, as told to RINA BERMAN Though I didn’t know it at the time, my ordeal began when my husband inherited some stocks from his grandfather, z”l, and…
BY MORDECHAI SCHMUTTER A new study in Britain says that driving makes people less intelligent. And I say, “Baruch Hashem.” I thought it was just me. But that does explain…
BY MRS. ROCHEL (SAMUELS) GURION My grandmother, who is less than five feet in height, is the tallest person I know. Tall in perseverance, in emotional strength, in service of…
BY SHOSHANA CHEN (SHENKER) I had the best teacher in the world for coping with life. And with death. Chani Weinroth, a”h, who fought against cancer for a decade and…
BY D. COHEN Reb Avrohom Meir Carlebach needed a job. It was time to move on after four years of working in property management, his first job after six years…
By RABBI SHMUEL ALBERT Spring 5705/1945 They were a nation of survivors, one from a city, two from a family, in small clusters here and there throughout Poland and Eastern…
By YOSEF GESSER Would the Rav please provide a bit of background information? I was born in Syracuse, New York; my parents are Rabbi Moshe and Faige Brody. My…
By MIRIAM GOTTLIEB Change, especially drastic change, sometimes emerges from a clearly identifiable epiphany or watershed moment, causing a “wow” effect and, of course, making for a great story. But…
By GUR ARYEH HERZIG Meet Dr. Edward Halperin, chancellor and chief executive officer of Touro’s New York Medical College — medical historian, pediatric radiation oncologist and idealist, who expects much…
As Told to ESTHER GROSSMAN In the spirit of Chanukah, we present the heroic struggle of a young girl who fought to free herself from the shackles of her secular…
By RUCHY TWERSKI The dreidel, the spinning top used to distract the Greek soldiers during the Chanukah era, symbolizes much more than merely a toy from the pages of a…