Our Friday Night Adventure // It was shocking how all the details fell into...
It was a Friday night right after candle lighting. I was finally about to relax on the couch when I noticed that my seven-year-old...
Anne Frank’s Frum Friend // Hannah Goslar-Pick shares memories of her childhood in Holland,...
As I knock on the ordinary looking front door of a ground-floor Jerusalem apartment, I see only four English letters: PICK. To her neighbors,...
The Babysitter // My daughter-in-law took a different approach to parenting than...
I was in the middle of doing the seating arrangements for my daughter’s wedding when my daughter-in-law Leah called.
“Hi, Leah,” I said. “It’s a good...
I Became a Plagiarist, a Book Lover, and Finally a Writer // All thanks...
We called our English teacher Mrs. Mean-a-ker instead of Mrs. Menaker, because to us third graders, that was the epitome of wit, and also...
A Lost Child Finds Her Way // Her childhood was a series of losses,...
It was a beautiful spring night, the perfect time of year for a wedding in the Jerusalem hills. The couple was adorable—she was a...
Women Who Work // Jewish women’s entrepreneurship goes back much further than you...
Jewish women have been recorded in entrepreneurial roles as early as the fifth century BCE. In fact, up until the 19th century, many held...
The Avocado Pit // A lesson in life from the botanical realm
A most wondrous event occurred in my life. I grew an avocado plant from a pit.
Throughout my life, my success with anything remotely botanical has...
Finding Forgiveness // An estranged daughter re-establishes her relationship with her mother
I had been trying to reach my married son for several days, but he hadn’t been taking my calls, nor answering my increasingly worried...
The Jury Challenge // I was finally ready to serve. But would they let...
In October 2021, with COVID still raging around the world, I receive a pale blue letter from the New Jersey courts requesting my participation...
Nothing Received // How do i deal with my resentment towards my mother-in-law?
Dear Editor,
I have a dilemma, and I would really appreciate some advice.
Baruch Hashem, I am happily married to a wonderful husband, and we have five...
