A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Pickup
The first time I went to Israel, I was 16 years old, and the soldiers I saw at checkpoints and on buses looked like...
Delicious Or Dangerous? Is it time to finally ditch our food dyes?
When food giant Nestlé USA announced its plan to remove all artificial flavors and colors from its chocolate candies by the end of 2015,...
Patience
What a month we’ve just entered! Iyar contains the same Hebrew letters as the word “ya’ir,” to light up. It’s finally spring on this...
Eye Opener
It was that time of year again. Twelfth graders around the world found themselves fluctuating between nerves and excitement, teachers tried to reassure classes...
Women Remember: Sorah Rosenblatt, a”h
The problem, as I sit before my desk that’s covered tonight with overflowing, unruly piles upon piles of poems by Sorah Rosenblatt, a”h, aka...
About Respect
In the past month, we went from hectic, frenzied days to relaxed days of freedom. How fast time flies when we’re enjoying it!
The Midrash...
From Reuben With Love
A couple of weeks ago, our kehillah was plunged into mourning when we learned of the sudden passing of Reuben Kahn, a longtime friend...
What’s That Lurking Behind Your Ear?
Four-year-old Dovi sauntered over to his mother, brandishing a T-pin he’d taken from her home-based sheitel salon. Without a word, his cheeky smirk conveyed...
All That Glitters
When I got married in Eretz Yisrael in the 1960s, it was a different world from ours in so many ways, yet very much...
Digging Up Her Own History
She grew up in Italy, unaware of what being Jewish actually meant, but from an early age her soul glowed with a deep, inexplicable...
