On Topic
For those pursuing a shidduch during middle age or beyond, the path can be lonely and strewn with obstacles, but a caring support network can make all the difference
On Topic
Mazel tov! It’s a boy! A girl! Whatever the gender, the next step is naming the baby. Fortunately, there’s a minhag for that — in fact, there are many
Personal Accounts
The intrepid women who work for gown gemachs or own gown rentals share a heartwarming collection of stories — and secrets of the trade
Family Tempo
A thread of indignation twists itself around my heart. How dare this WASP-y stranger lay claim to my aunt. As if she were one of them!
Windows
“If I have a chandelier in my bathroom,” Ma reasoned, “why should it bother anyone? It’s my bathroom, after all”
Center Stage
“It feels funny, doesn’t it? Going somewhere so off-the-beaten-Jewish path. Everyone will be staring at us like animals in the zoo”
Bricks and Ladders
I’ve gone against the group. Add that to Tzippy’s shidduch, and I’m pretty much a social pariah
More or Less
“Why do you have to be so mature?” she said finally. “Why do you have to say the things that just take my whole rant and somehow defeat it?
LifeTakes
Is he shy? Is Daddy putting him at ease? Oh, let him be comfortable in his skin — at least one of us should be
The Gatekeeper's Daughter
It is an old — a very old — photo album. Daina clutches the album gingerly, afraid to disturb the cracked, crackly sheets of plastic
