At The Side Of The President
“We were sitting at a dinner with Putin in Russia when he told me that his parents had worked very hard when he was...
Breaking Free
I woke up from a fitful sleep to the sound of rhythmic breathing in my bedroom. I glanced at my husband Yaakov’s bed. It...
The Ugly Truth
It was a big day for Nefertiti, queen of ancient Egypt. To look her very best, her attendant carefully applied her makeup. And to...
Filling The Empty Nest
It's the sound that greets me first, the gentle murmur of roughly a dozen women at least 20 years my senior coming from somewhere...
My Mother’s Last Chesed
When my mother passed away, it wasn’t only her children and grandchildren who felt the void. The entire community mourned her petirah.
My mother, a”h,...
I Will Survive PTSD
When I was 18 I was drafted into the IDF, and a year later I became one of the original members of the elite...
Women To Know: Mrs. Debbie Shapiro
Parkinson’s is a very isolating disease. Your world grows smaller and slower, while around you, the people you know and love are rushing, accomplishing,...
The Pesach Program That Wasn’t
We all know the stories from the early 1900s, when people lost their jobs week after week because they refused to desecrate Shabbos. One...
Women To Know
Interacting with Miriam Ballin pulls you into a fast-paced experience. You cannot sit across from this embodiment of multitasking without feeling a quickening of...
A Painful Pill to Swallow
My brother’s Shabbos bavarfen was supposed to be a joyful event. I never expected that it would also involve agonizing pain, a medical scare...
