A Time to Sing // Meet Popular Frum Singer Devorah Schwartz
I first met Devorah Schwartz at The Cookie Corner in Lakewood. It was the perfect example of how one article is goreret another. I...
With the Program // Ola Sergatchov is one of Israel’s top cybersecurity experts
In an industry dominated by secular men, Ola Sergatchov, a wife and mother in her early 40s, has shattered the high-tech glass ceiling not...
The Most Natural // Thing I tried to inspire her, but it seemed that...
In retrospect I was lucky I made it out of that year feet first. It was a miracle I made it that far.
But I...
My Triumph Over Depression // A call from a stranger changed the course...
The phone rang incessantly, the ringing shattering the silence I craved. There was no stopping it; I had no choice but to pick up....
The day my Children were Ripped Away from Me // My parenting challenges of...
I never dreamed I’d be sharing my story with the public. Private by nature, I don’t consider myself much of a storyteller. However, I...
The Deets on Dubai // A visit to the newly opened emirate is an...
Ego Trip or Genius Plan?
In late November, I joined a small group of friends on an organized tour to Dubai. I confess that without...
Lessons from our Father // The daughters and daughter-in-law of the revered...
The Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivah D’Monsey, Rav Moshe Green, was my husband’s rebbe since the day he became a talmid of the yeshivah at...
From Night to Morning // Her prognosis was bleak but this young mother survived
On a Shabbos afternoon in August, I was walking along a quiet street in Spring Valley when I noticed a young, slender woman sitting...
From Sibling to Strange
Dear Esther:
How much time has passed since we were last together?
How many Yomim Tovim, birthdays, vorts, tena’ims, sheva brachos, upsherins, brissen, vacht nachts and...
Batya Elzas Wears Many Hats Including a Construction Helmet
A view from above the construction site in the Israeli city of Modi’in Illit reveals an unusual sight. Below, in the space that was...
