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Off the Couch
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
5 to 9
Moe Mernick
Impressions
Tzivia Meth
LifeLines
C. Saphir
On Site
Am I crazy to be navigating the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, while the Taliban warlords are watching my every move? 
Benny Waxler
On Site
When there's a makolet on every block, foraging means more than edible plants
Ariella Schiller
PlateArt
With little family support in Israel, we found ourselves at loggerheads much of the time, and our relationship was under continual strain   I was sitting with my eight-year-old son at an Avos U’Banim learning session, when one of the heads of the local Avos U’Banim chapter got up to speak. After a short devar Torah,
Esther Ottensoser
PlateArt
Enhance your Yom Tov table with these simple yet sharp ideas.
Esther Ottensoser
Encounters
BLOOD! Had I made a mistake in coming? I didn’t know if I could bear seeing that
Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier
Encounters
“Rabbi, I want to tell you a story that happened to me when I was boy, growing up in Eretz Yisrael”
Ester Zirkind
No Food Left Behind
If you want to experiment with an intense flavor shakeup and impress both your guests and your palate, this recipe is for you!
Beth Warren
No Food Left Behind
Let’s not discount the sides to balance your macros out!
Beth Warren
Dinner Hour
When it’s time to eat, the youngest ones eat first, followed by the older children, who drift to the table as the smells draw them in
Rochie Laufer
Dinner Hour
A meal both adults and kids alike will enjoy!
Rochie Laufer
More The Mix
Cut ‘n Paste

My mother, of blessed memory, was hospitalized in Beth Israel Medical Center with terminal cancer. Despite the grim prognosis, she remained upbeat and optimistic, trying — as much as her illness would allow — to utilize her time in the hospital productively. That was how Ima had always lived her life. In her mind, every minute of

By Rabbi Yosef Sorotzkin

On Site

Plundering archaeological sites is big business. The budget for preserving them is pitifully small. How then can we stop the looting of our past?

By Libi Astaire

True Account

Behind my mask is a boy the rebbi said would amount to nothing

By Margie Pensak

Shul with a View

The Rosh Hashanah lesson in an aged yellow envelope

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

Off the Couch

We were all awaiting the call from our clinic director to see who our new patients were going to be. As the senior residents graduated and headed on the to the next stage of their careers, we new third-year residents were suddenly inheriting a host of patients in our psychiatric clinic. “I hope I don’t

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

Second Thoughts

I am blessed with grandchildren both in Israel and the USA. All study Torah in fine yeshivos and seminaries, share the same beliefs in G-d and the authority of Torah and halachah, observe the same Shabbos and tefillin and kashrus. But despite all the similarities, they are very different. My teenage Israeli grandson attends a chareidi

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman