LifeLines
When Racheli was six, it occurred to me that perhaps we shouldn’t wait until we had finished raising our own children before taking in a foster child
Magazine Feature
Rabbi Mordechai Besser has a rare insider’s view of the strengths and challenges of both the Modern Orthodox educational system and the chareidi yeshivah world
Magazine Feature
48 years ago, El Al pilot Uri Bar Lev summoned his wits and grit to avert a hijacking, forcing a change in the international rules for confronting hijackers
Shul of My Youth
Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, never gave up. Week after week he called every single person in the kehillah, exhorting them to come Shabbat morning. Soon his efforts began to pay off, an ...
LifeTakes
I smile at the A+, but why, why did I pick some relative stranger in a far-off town as the object of my 15-year-old admiration?
The Gatekeeper's Daughter
“Look, Morta. I don’t know what your problem is, but you’re poking up the wrong chimney. I have no money. None at all”
Center Stage
Rina stared at her for a moment, as she struggled over how to respond. Part of her was screeching to call out Gabriella on her chutzpah
Musings
There lay the most wonderful gift I could ever have imagined, far better than any nosh or stickers or even a lolly
