In a Parent’s Embrace // Slovie Jungreis Wolff talks...

Q: Your mother, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, had a mission that was about kiruv and bringing people closer to Yiddishkeit. She really understood interpersonal relationships...

Frozen Yogurt Popsicles with Assorted Fillings

Frozen yogurt, easily made at home in five minutes! All you have to do is whisk your favorite yogurt with a little sweetener, some...

Peanut Butter Praline Crunch Ice Cream Pie

1 graham cracker pie crust 2 containers Almond Dream Praline Crunch ice cream (see intro for other options) ½ cup chocolate chips ½ cup peanut butter Defrost...

Cheese Cannolis

3 packages Baker's Choice Canoli Shells Filling: 1½ pounds cream cheese (any type), softened 1 cup heavy cream ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 ounces chocolate buttons, melted ¼ cup...

LunchBreak with John Ruhlin – Ruhlin Group/Giftology Group

Entrepreneurs and business owners are always looking for ways to grow their businesses; most have tried many different ideas. But after meeting John Ruhlin...

The Loan // My sister was clearly in the wrong, ...

Iwas born into a small family. My parents, both Holocaust survivors, met each other and were married in a DP camp shortly after the...

Women to Know: Rivka Goldblatt

A genealogist in her 20s sounds like an oxymoron. After all, doesn’t the word evoke a white-bearded bespectacled professor surrounded by dusty books and...

Gracing Gaza // Live From, and Alive In, Gaza

What Do You Think You’re Doing? “Are you sure you want to enter Gaza?” asks Yoni, an IDF soldier at the Erez Crossing, the northern...

Being Jewish in Brazil // A visit to Brazil’s two largest—and...

Welcome to Rio It took me a few moments to understand what I was seeing, two or three seconds that seemed to stand still until...

At Death’s Door // An unplanned journey to an organ trans-plant...

The ordeal began innocuously enough. A young woman, on vacation in a foreign country suddenly begins feeling unwell. She goes to a local urgent...

Oomie’s Machsan // One grandmother’s tragic experience turns into a blessing.

We were thrilled when our daughter, Shoshana, became engaged to a wonderful young man named Yitzi. Their engagement period, however, was not an easy...

Take the First Step

One Sunday morning, Yaakov Nourollah returned to his car and found it ransacked. Anything of value he had left inside was gone—including his tefillin....

Mustard-Crusted Steak Roast

I like this roast because it is not as pricey as a rib eye roast but still has that “wow” factor when served, and...

Gluten-Free Cheese Crowns

Dough 1⅓ cups all-purpose gluten-free flour 2 tablespoons sugar ¼ teaspoon cornstarch ½ teaspoon guar gum ½ teaspoon salt 4 ounces cold butter 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1...

Celery Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium onions, diced 12 celery ribs, diced 2 garlic cloves, diced 2 tablespoons flour ¼ cup fresh dill leaves 6 cups water 1½ pounds flanken on...

A Surprising Trip to Tunisia // Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt speaks about...

A group of rabbis and representatives of Jewish organizations headed to Tunisia last week to meet with the local Jewish community and with government...

On Again, Off Again, On Again // Are Human Hair Sheitels...

In the city of Tirupati on top of a hill sits the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, one of the pilgrimage sites for Hindus. Early in...

Going Back Behind the Iron Curtain

Ela Verzub and I initially connect via email. She sends me her phone number and we schedule an interview. We are seven time zones...

Madame Rosh Yeshivah // Asnat Barazani, the woman who headed a...

Around the year 1630, Rav Pinchas Hariri of Baghdad wrote to Mosul, Kurdistan, asking that they send a rabbinical authority to Baghdad. The letter...

Pawned Between Iraq and a Hard Place //My crazy trip to...

From My Vantage Point “When is your flight scheduled to leave?” the gentleman sitting on the barstool opposite me asks. “Saturday night,” I tell him,...