Family First FeatureTuesday, May 25, 2021Window to the SoulCelia Tawil de Cattan’s art uses myriad mediums — all threaded with dreams
FlashbackTuesday, May 18, 2021Flashback: Last Day // Issue 596 They know that I will read it. And yet they write about their lives, and their hopes and struggles
Magazine FeatureTuesday, May 11, 2021Tales of a Wandering JewAs a frequent-flyer shochet to far-flung places, Rabbi Yechiel Shmuel Fried learned to never underestimate the capacity of a Jewish heart
CalligraphyTuesday, March 23, 2021Scents of HomeFor one second, an avalanche of questions: What would Ahrele do? Where would he go? Could he ever go back to the way things were? And from there?
MusingsTuesday, March 23, 2021A Song in the Night I try to pull myself together, when I hear it. Somebody outside, strains of song. I open the window and a voice carries inside. “Mah nishtanah halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh…”
EncountersWednesday, February 24, 2021Sands of Time They learned with an intensity; they flew in the heavens above the desert. And finally Chaim knew why he had to come on the trip
Family TempoWednesday, December 02, 2020Unmasked“How do you do it? I mean don’t you feel stifled? Sweaty? Do you ever eat? I’ve never so much as seen you even adjust your mask”
CalligraphyTuesday, September 29, 2020Veiled TruthIt was Abba who’d told her to follow her heart. If it was kosher, if this is where she came alive, she should go for it
LifeTakesTuesday, September 29, 2020Citrus Trust“Did I ever tell you about the esrogim and the weddings?” he asks
WindowsWednesday, August 26, 2020What Does it Do?She’s almost 90, her mind fickle as the wind, but oh, she wants to learn
Family TempoWednesday, June 24, 2020Carve a SpaceIn school, she ran the show. But she couldn’t reach her own son