Worthy of Mentchen
Budding scholar Meyer May was a soon-to-be high school graduate when he was offered a coveted slot in Johns Hopkins seven-year BA/MD program.This was...
The Early Bird Catches the Worm
Although we both live in New York, we might as well be living on different continents, I conclude after talking to Shiffy Cohen. That’s...
Women to Know – Goldy Teller
At 3 a.m. every single morning, when most of us are just hitting our REM sleep stride, Goldy Teller starts her day. For the...
A New Cry
To the superficial reader, Parshat Mishpatim may seem like a dry list of laws about how a Jew must conduct himself, particularly in regard...
A Song More Beautiful Than That of the Angels
My father, Rabbi Yisroel Avraham Stein, z”l, was the rav of Fultichen, Romania, before the last World War.
Despite his harrowing experiences during the Holocaust,...
From Within The Walls
It’s well past midnight and I have a personal problem. What do I do?I do what I always do. I phone Rebbetzin Chaya Nechama...
We Call Ourselves Zebras
''Wee call ourselves ‘zebras,’” Yehuda Gelman tells me about the group he has come to regard as family.Zebras?Every medical school student is familiar with...
Does it have to be painful?
I have to preface this article with a confession: Although I am a grown woman, the mother of several children, I’m really a big...
The Mysterious “Ish”
PARSHAT MIKEITZ/CHANUKAHChanukah is the ultimate chag of reflection. It is an eight-day-long experience of connecting to Hashem, of sitting in front of the candles...
A Tiny Miracle a Baby Defies All Adds
Hashem’s magnificent brachos often unfold by squeezing and stretching us beyond our perceived limits, like that olive that has to be crushed to release...
