Calligraphy
She doesn’t know Mo very well if she thinks he’s going to get his hands dirty with some Ikea furniture. He wouldn't even build our own furniture
Calligraphy
“Mommy’s fine. She’s turning ninety-two soon, she went through a lot in her life, She’s entitled to forget things every now and then”
Calligraphy
“They had just gotten married. Their relationship was just developing. If they lost the house it would be embedded in their marriage DNA forever. We had to help”
Calligraphy
Did Nechemiah learn there? Was it a yeshivah? He spent a lot of time there, and she knew he was learning chassidus (“mindblowing stuff,” he liked to tell them)
Calligraphy
Around her the kids are screaming, but Dena can hear something else. The hiss of onions maybe, an angry hiss, like they’re charring
Calligraphy
I want a detailed and unfiltered report. I wanted it so badly. I wanted to discover what it was about me that made my days just an endless chain of same, of boring predictability, ...
Calligraphy
“But this was always the plan. We were only ever foster parents to Josh. My sister never wanted to give him up for good”
Editor's Letter
You struggle and toil and build, and then it all comes down, but perhaps that’s the point. Perhaps the glory is in the effort, not the result
Namesakes
"He made a neder that if he got out alive he would dedicate his life to avodas Hashem”
Family Tempo
My dating life is a wreck. My job’s a failure. And now there's a high school reunion
A Gift Passed Along
My photo of the tallis in Dubai made waves across the Arab-language media
LifeLines
“This is the task Hashem has entrusted me with,” I answered them simply. “To care for this precious soul”
Rocking Horse
Fortuna turns to her with fire in her eyes. “A teacher has to be an example. And you are no example to my daughter”
Story Supplement
All Ezzy had to do was give each pot a quick rinse. How hard could that be?
