Our Special Gift // The Brachah of My Daughter Batsheva Temima, Born With Down...
To my right, sleeping sweetly in her carriage, is my precious little baby girl. Hard to believe three months have passed since her birth;...
Parenting 101 // What I Wasn’t Taught In Parenting Class
It was late Thursday evening, and my reserves were depleted.
Did I mention that it was Thursday evening, the kitchen was a mess, and there...
Before Bais Yaakov // Eliyana Adler Traces Jewish Schools in Czarist Russia
In the narrative of the establishment of the Bais Yaakov movement, part of the story involves the tragedy of girls from frum homes refusing...
Up Close With Henye Meyer // A Talk About Facing A Terminal Illness—and Life
Mrs. Henye Meyer, whose popular novel The Exiles of Crocodile Island, published in 1984, raised the bar for Jewish literature worldwide, is the author...
Adults with ADHD
One by one the members of the group enter the dimly lit room and slowly find their seats. Trying to keep to themselves, they...
A Real Shadchante
It was as if a lightbulb had flashed in my mind.
Leah Friedman and Motty Lieberman! I can so see it. This is destined from...
Women To Know // Mrs. Stella Hassan
All of Stella Hassan’s children are happily married and living in Lakewood, so she had no ulterior motives for founding her WhatsApp group other...
Recipe, Please
“Hi, Chaya. Can I—” I begin.
“I can’t talk right now. I’ll call you back. What do you need?” my sister says curtly, clearly exasperated....
Menuchah V’Simchah
Dov and Hindy Lerman* were thinking about marriage. Specifically, the marriage of their 23-year-old son Gavriel, who would soon be concluding his first zman...
Fishy Business
I do it every week. I stand at the fish counter and grumble about the rising prices, but then inevitably drop a bundle that...
