In the Presence of Piety // The Belzer Rebbetzin’s modesty, warmth, strength of character...
A Rebbetzin, one might think, earns her title because she is married to a Rebbe. The Belzer Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Sara Rokeach, née Hager, a...
Silence Isn’t Always Golden // A Swiss Experience
A day before my husband and I were due to fly to Zurich, I happened to read that Zurich is rated the quietest city...
A Lady in the Navy
A BIG DECISION
Laurie’s story has a happily-ever-after ending, but being in the US Navy is not for the fainthearted. What drew this nice soft-spoken...
Pockets of Deceit // Did I uncover a web of lies while cleaning...
The following is the once-a-year dialogue in the Horowitz household:
Me: Can you go through all of your hanging clothes and throw out whichever ones...
Breathtaking But Not for the Obvious Reasons
‘‘Who wants to climb Masada?” The tone was rhetorical but I stared at the looming mountain and thought, well this is easy stuff. It...
Dancing in the Rain
This past Sukkos, my family and I had the opportunity to spend Yom Tov in Eretz Yisrael—always a special experience, but this time, there...
Frum, Female, and Funny // Henya Shochat is a Chareidi stand-up comic
“Do you know what our problem is, ladies? We are always trying to lose weight. We won’t be satisfied until we are back to...
Short Fuse // Should I mention the chasan had a terrible temper?
I had been living in Israel for eight and a half months and was now on my fourth job. I was already an experienced...
Getting a Handle on OCD // Dr. Jonathan Schwartz explains that obsessive-compulsive disorder isn’t...
Q: I wanted to talk to you about OCD, which I understand is your area of expertise. There’s a perception—and I don’t know if...
From the Ground Up // Kiruv by Students, for Students
Twenty-five years ago, two eleventh-graders at Bais Yaakov of Toronto, Rivka Hadassah Magid and Sara Malka Mandel, had a dream.
Rivka Hadassah, today Mrs. Rivka...
