Until We Find Our Brothers
1980
I’d always known that I was Jewish, a member of Beta Yisrael. We knew that Ethiopia wasn’t our true place and that we were...
Terrorized but Not Broken // One woman’s account of how she and the Jewish...
November 26, 2008
I gave my sleeping six-week-old daughter one more gentle kiss and rose from my perch. My husband Sharone’s voice drifted down the...
Four Daughters, Four Fathers, Four Stories // A gathering to recall World War II
On a bright Sunday morning a group of Jewish men have come together to share their memories of living through the Second World War....
Minchah at Midnight // A chinuch strategy is almost torpedoed
“W ho were you speaking to?” I asked Atara, my 13-year-old daughter. She was standing in the doorway still clutching her phone. Her face...
Minding Measles // A conversation with Dr. Yechiel Schlesinger about the outbreak in Eretz...
The number of cases of measles in the Jewish community has continued to rise. As we’ve reported in recent articles, this highly contagious disease...
Women in Work: Rivka Teich Court Reporter
“Once you get me talking about my job,” says Rivka Teich, CSR, RPR, RMR and FCRR (whew!), “I could go on forever.” Now in...
Something in the Blood // A pair of scares led her to a discovery...
2015
Cradling my newborn son in my arms, I struggled with whether or not to attend his bris. The minhag of my family is that...
The Rise & Fall & Rise of the Tupperware Party // The plastic bowl...
Mr. Seltzer was brought into the hospital as what we staff members lovingly referred to as a “dump.” That meant that someone had brought...
Rain
…And what is the reason that He did not make it to rain Because there was no man…to recognize the benefits of rains….And...
The “Dump” // What to do with the confused old man who turned up...
Mr. Seltzer was brought into the hospital as what we staff members lovingly referred to as a “dump.” That meant that someone had brought...
