Leah straightens her back and lets the fabric slacken. “Ah, the Rebbe.” Her tone softens. “Der Tzaddik hot gezogt. Do I know better than the Tzaddik?”
LifeTakes
Before is your cookies and cupcakes, sesame chicken and sweet-and-sour meatballs, Wednesday night schnitzel. Roast on Yom Tov, a second potato kugel for Friday afternoon, and spel ...
Profiles
When Chaya Levy was diagnosed with cancer, she resolved she'd give her unborn child the greatest gift: life. Throughout her illness, she fought to see only Hashem’s good — and to ...
Magazine Feature
Seemingly innocent baby toys and products may be harmful. Check out the research behind ten different baby products to see how you can minimize their risks or avoid them in the fi ...
Magazine Feature
I was feeling stuck, stuck, stuck when I saw the ad for the therapeutic writing workshop. I was leery — but intrigued. For six weeks, I wrote. And things began to shift.
Family Tempo
That was the truth, the decor was amazing — clean lines, but rounded edges for softness, fresh colors, big dressing rooms, room for Mommy and kid and carriage, a play area for lit ...
Windows
No principal, teacher, or mother ever behaved condescendingly because of my secular background. It was just the energy and concentration it took to keep up with all the nuances.
Center Stage
Boy, did she sound dumb now. Rushing to explain herself, she said quickly, “Okay, so why does an introvert with a capital ‘I’ try out for a role in a movie?”
Cut ‘n Paste
I’ve been in the tzedakah “business” long enough to know Hashem has got me covered.
Normal Like Me
“It’s unethical for us to give him his eyesight back, but it’s ethical for him to insist on being blind and make the whole village take care of him? Are we going to stand by and l ...
Shared Space
Kivi had waved his hands — big deal, everyone is entitled to make a parnassah — but inside, he’d felt a prick of annoyance. This was going to be his concept. His place to make a m ...
Fiction
I dubbed him “the Monster.” His hulking figure, his glee at my near failures, made him monstrous in my eyes.
The Money Trap
When they discovered that all of their possessions had been stolen, they thought they’d hit rock bottom. But things only went downhill from there.
