LunchBreak with Zvi Bar-Sheshet, Shofarot Israel Bar-Sheshet Ribak

Zvi Bar-Sheshet can talk about shofars all day. It’s literally in his blood. The Bar-Sheshet and Ribak families have a long and proud pedigree with...

JTank – The Jewish Version of SharkTank

Next into the Tank is Shmuel Kasper, who is planning to revolutionize the world of hair extensions with a new type that takes the...

Marriage Matters: It’s Not About Therapy // Thoughtful advice for...

It all began when Reuven and Gitty Epstein were newly married and living in Eretz Yisrael. As a member of Rav Yitzchak Berkovits’ Jerusalem...

Bubby’s Succulent Stuffed Cabbage

“I remember standing near the oven as a little girl waiting for her to slide her loaves of chocolate kokosh out of the oven....

A time of Remembrance // An inspiring visit with the...

If you wander through any graveyard, as I am recently wont to do, you will find a plethora of old gravestones making the same...

7 Years and 6,323 Bee Stings Later: A Half-Hearted Recommendation

The following article, which you may or may not end up reading, is about my experience—and a few other people’s experiences—with bee venom. It’s...

Shabbos Challah

2.2 pounds (1 kg or 7⅓ cups) flour 2 tablespoons dry yeast 5 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 to 2¼ cups warm water ½ cup oilSesame seeds (optional) Egg...

Arthur Conan Doyle and the case of the Scottish Dreyfus Affair...

Oscar Joseph Leschziner (aka Otto Slater) was born to observant Jewish parents, but he spurned religious life from an early age on. Although his...

Don’t Reject This Blessing // Sometimes the sound of the shofar...

Elisheva Ryps stared at her name on the letter board under the black awning. After six months of singing at various talent nights and...

Sweet Lukshen Kugel

1 bag medium lukshen, cooked and drained (don’t rinse) 2 cup confectioners’ sugar ½ cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ cup oil ½ teaspoon cinnamon 6...

Between Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi & Brisk

While I’ve been in the Bayit Vegan home of Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi before, the venerable rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael and distinguished...

A visit with the renowned mashpia Rav Shalom Arush, shlita

To my surprise and delight, on this crystal-clear summer day outside the Jerusalem home of Rav Shalom Arush I happen upon his renowned disciple,...

Yerushalayim Shel Ma’alah // A riveting and wide-ranging conversation with Rav...

‘‘There was once a young chasidishe bachur who was wandering around the unseemly areas of Yerushalayim. When some askanim came to tell my father...

A Cantor’s Life // Moishe Kraus recalls his nine decades as...

Wrapped in his mother’s shawl as a substitute for a tallis, Moishele Kraus started singing as a little boy—and proceeded to sing for the...

Taking the Gloves Off // After a year and a half...

Who speaks for the Jews? Open any Israeli newspaper, including the most left-wing, and you’ll find that amidst the pronouncements of secular movers and...

“Prime Minister Mohammed of Israel”?

More than a few eyebrows were raised when it was reported recently that President Donald Trump said if no deal is reached between Israel...

Mike Huckabee Helps Promote Day of Prayer // Former governor and...

More than one million people worldwide will be joining together for much needed tefillos in a “Day of Jewish Unity” organized by Acheinu, the...

Belzer Kehillah’s business expo a huge success

The trade fair is a staple of the Jewish or chasidishe story, with the merchant who heads off to Lublin or Leipzig for the...

Making Every Child Count: Counting Each Child // What I learned...

Math was always my toughest subject. I like the concept of math—that big important ideas, the building blocks of the universe, can be expressed...

Who Bad-Mouthed My Son? // Our son was a jewel, but...

I was half asleep when I heard movement in the kitchen and smiled. I knew it was Kalman, my undeserved gift from Hashem. I knew...