With Pride Comes the Fall // All I wanted to do was make...
“What in the world are you doing?” my husband, Tzvi, asked as he walked through the door on Thursday evening.
“Washing the walls,” I explained,...
Heart to Heart // In the face of his daughter’s medical emergency, a...
Meir Abrams was working late one Thursday night in February 2010 when he received an alarming text from his wife, Leora: “I’m with Yehudis...
The Secret Deal // Newly discovered documents reveal that Recha Sternbuch’s saved hundreds of...
The house was so crowded that it was not uncommon for refugees from Nazi-occupied territory to believe at first that Reb Yitzchok (Isaac) and...
The Rescue of my Father
Rebbetzin Dvora Mattil Levin, née Alter, a”h, the wife of Rabbi Itche Meir Levin, z”l, was a well-known and highly respected daughter of the...
Our Jaunt to Jordan // There were moments when it was a bit ...
I’ll never forget the first time I heard an Arab muezzin. I was in Eretz Yisrael for the Yomim Nora’im. It was dawn on...
Between Borders
The other week, I planned to rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles. I had two speaking engagements back-to-back on the other side...
No Food Left Standing // Can you be too health-conscious?
I remember my mother telling me about her childhood. There was no such thing as a loaded frozen section in the grocery store and...
Contagion; Parshat Korach
As a public speaker, I’m often asked to speak to Jewish women who play active roles in their communities and who have dedicated their...
Secret Sessions // My student was clearly suffering; I had to help her. But...
It didn’t take long for me to notice that my student Shifra needed help. She sat in the very last row of seats, slouched...
Hear Ye, Hear Ye // Will our child remain deaf?
This is the story of my son and the hearing disorder with which he was born. Although the challenge was relatively minor in the...
