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Musings
A roundabout where entering holds no guarantees of a smooth exit. And once you are in, all entrances and exits disappea ...

By Rachelli Saffir

On Topic
For some children, summer isn’t about camp or family vacations. It’s a time for hands-on experience as they work alongside ...

By Sarah Pardes

Profiles
“Go home and paint,” a trusted advisor told Yaeli Vogel. Since then, her days are spent daubing paint on canvas, and ...

By Leah Gebber

Sister Shmooze
This Schmooze reminds us of the challenges and joys of keeping kosher in what is, yesterday and even today, a world ...

By Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon

Fiction
“We don’t have to go on any kind of formal [read: expensive] vacation,” he explains with his usual maddening male logic ...

By Perel Grossman

Grab the Reins
“Why,” I asked, “do we continue with certain behaviors but not others? Because they served us well at some point in ...

By Shoshana Schwartz

Map the Starlight
Ramon bites his lip. Bernat has always been a good friend: It is not his fault that Ramon is frustrated by yuds a ...

By Leah Gebber

Facets
“That’s what custom jewelry is about,” I said. Fiancé leaned back in his seat, coffee in hand, let the women go at ...

By Esther Kurtz

A Few Minutes With
Former head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission on the many political tools that can be employed against North Korea ...

By Tzippy Yarom

Normal Like Me
“I don’t want to be ‘back to normal’! ” Tzadok insisted. “I have a mission. I was given a gift! I won’t destroy ...

By Ruti Kepler

Outlook
Just a kidney stone’s throw away,Joining the Fraternity of (Minor) Sufferers,Just a kidney stone’s throw away

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Point of View
“New and improved” Torah? Doesn’t exist,Irreformable,“New and improved” Torah? Doesn’t exist

By Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l