fbpx
Dreamscapes
There were some blank spaces in our family history. My mother always referred vaguely to a family secret, but I never took it too seriously

By Elisheva Appel

A Stone’s Throw
As I passed, I nodded hello and even ventured a “Chodesh tov.” He looked at me, and suddenly held up his hand. The whole line stopped

By Faigy Gold

Map the Starlight
Most of these converts have taken the faith only because they faced a prison sentence or crippling fine. Convert to the true faith, and all charges are dropped

By Leah Gebber

Magazine Feature
We set out to understand what growth and connection to Torah mean to women, and how that understanding develops with time

By Elisheva Appel

Fundamentals
With her Rus brought the key to humanity’s redemption

By Miriam Kosman

Family Reflections
A positive learning experience creates lessons that stick

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Magazine Feature
Chana Gamliel designs parochos that adorn shuls around the world. And those threads close the circle of her own family legacy

By Esther Teichtal

Sister Shmooze
Come join us as we remember how we got past the hitches and glitches surrounding weddings long past, flower girls and “flower boys” now all grown up

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

Magazine Feature
From Israeli Hesder yeshivos to New York’s Yeshiva University, from Modern Orthodox Young Israel congregations to Litvish study halls in Bnei Brak and Kiryat Sefer, it seems like ...

By Rachel Ginsberg

Magazine Feature
“If you want to learn, we want you here.” That’s the invitation Waterbury’s Rav Ahron Kaufman gives to any teenager who wants to try yeshivah learning

By Yisroel Besser

On the House
“Hello, princess,” Daddy sang, when he noticed her. “What did you eat today? An egg? Can I get you something more sensible?”

By Faigy Schonfeld

LifeTakes
Knowing that hundreds of us were making our way on foot to the last remaining Wall made it all connect somehow. I had to come back

By Devorah Grant

Text Messages
To learn Torah — but just as surely, to learn from it

By Eytan Kobre

Second Thoughts
To write our own epitaphs while we can still write

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman