fbpx
Latest Encounters
Encounters
The Road Less Traveled
Chashie Stern
Encounters
Bexhill
Millie Samson
Encounters
My Pet Peeve   
Goldie Hirsch
Encounters
Calm Down
Leah Wachsler
Encounters
Eighty-Five Years in the Making
Yosef Zoimen
The Rainbow Girl
The Rainbow Girl: Chapter 12
Rachelli flushed. She wanted to answer back, defend herself or say something, but then she realized it was true
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
The Rainbow Girl
The Rainbow Girl: Chapter 11
Maybe that’s the thing with family, they’re so close that it’s hard to see things clearly
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
Family First Serial
Lie of the Land: Chapter 17
“Rivi asked me to come. She wants this done as quickly as possible”
Bashie Lisker
Family First Serial
Impressions: Chapter 5 of 6  
And just like that, she took a step onto the bridge he’d made with his gentle question
Rivka Streicher
Heaven-Sent: Pesach Theme 5783
Heaven-Sent  
This Yom Tov, when Eliyahu HaNavi visits every household, we share a collection of first-person encounters, tales of miraculous intervention by a mysterious figure
Rachel Bachrach
LifeLines
Hold Me Tight
If you ever read any book about love languages, my mother’s picture should be on the opening of the chapter on gift giving
Mattie Weinberg
LifeLines
The True Giver
Fighting for our baby’s every breath, we gained just as much as we gave
C. Saphir
A Tasty Twist
Meat Me at the Grill
This summer, while you’re busy with everyday errands and need to quickly pull together a dinner that will wow the shvigger who’s in town visiting, grab a few kiwis and start marinating
Menachem Goodman
A Tasty Twist
Making Budget Cuts
Everyone I know loves to serve some kind of meat at the holiday meals, but with prices being so high, I present you with some ways to use a cheaper cut of meat and still get amazing results
Menachem Goodman
Discover more
More Encounters
Encounters
Who Stretch Their Hand

I thought I knew what her fervent tefillos were for

By Estee Rabinovicz

Encounters
Never About Him

It was then that I got a call asking if I‘d take on the job of writing a biography on Rav Nota Greenblatt

By Shmuel Botnick

Encounters
The Torah is Everywhere

Their eyes met. In a single glance, his companion saw it all: the pain, the memories, the longing, the approaching end

By Noa Offek

Encounters
The Powers of Flowers 

Family First asked me to hang out in a flower shop and ask customers why they were buying their bouquets

By Nechama Norman

Encounters
Shattered Illusions

On the Zoom screen, I could see my mother start to cry. “You were being destroyed, Gershon,” she said softly. “I had to get you out of the situation. I know it hurt you, and I’m sorry.”

By C. Saphir

Encounters
Master of Your Mind

Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen scoured the Far East for spirituality — and found it close to home

By Yaakov Lipszyc