Misdiagnosed // Why couldn’t my little girl swallow food?
As soon as I stepped through the door, my daughter handed me my 19-month-old baby. “She hasn’t stop kvetching since you left. She also...
Not Second Best // Adoption is a difficult but rewarding road
Adoption was something I always wanted to do, and it was actually part of my conversation during shidduchim. After our shanah rishonah was up,...
We Were Kicked Out of Russia // A Chabad Shluchah Shares Her Story
It was a familiar route but an exhausting one. A ten-hour flight from New York to Moscow, a several-hour stopover, another two-hour flight to...
Take Me Out to the Ballgame // Taking down the walls
I had never heard of Asperger’s syndrome before I met Ben. It was during the summer I turned 16 and my friend Rina and...
Is this the Answer to the Health Insurance Debacle?
Have you ever felt the fear?
Your child falls on the playground.Your husband feels a twinge in his chest. You feel sick and it’s not...
Under Arrest // A funny thing happened on the way to the simchah…
“Hi, Mommy,” I said as I picked up the phone. “Can I call you back later? I’m not home right now.”
“I just wanted to...
Back to Nasaud // What was life like in Communist Romania for the Jews...
“Ai avut o petrecere ieri? You had a party yesterday?”
“Yes.”
“It was a holiday party, correct?”
His finger was pointing just inches from my face, and...
Right Place, Right Time // A confluence of seemingly random events reveals the hand...
Hackney, the area in which we live, is the second-poorest borough in London and boasts the highest crime rate in the capital. Why the...
Exile on the Island of Mauritius // A father and daughter trace the deportation...
Mauritius. Some of you may associate the name with pristine, palm-fringed beaches and sugarcane plantations. Those who are zoologically inclined might think of the...
What Are You Thinking Baby Moishy? // I don’t know what’s wrong with my...
Moishy was lying on the table with his body supported by the tabletop...but his shoulders were up against the edge and his head was...
