LifeLines
In those days, Jews were Jews, and I, the grandson of the Rosh Yeshivah, played ball with Bernie, the kid whose father worked on Shabbos
Impressions
“Learn three masechtos, be’al peh,” the rosh yeshivah said. “Kiddushin, Gittin, Nedarim. Then you will have a bechinah. If you succeed, you’ll earn 20 litu and a new suit”
Shared Space
Now she knew why she wasn’t feeling the peace that sleeping Sari and grateful Ariella and the sunny living room should have given her
Normal Like Me
“He said more than that: He said that G-d is everything that happens to us and everything that will happen. He is the blood that flows in our veins”
Outlook
How can we maximize the potential of Rosh Hashanah?
Magazine Feature
If you walk into a Pinsk-Karliner tish looking for the Rebbe, he’s the one sitting in the middle of the table among the chassidim, leaving rebbishe hanhagos at the door
LifeTakes
The Bluzhever Rebbe did not allow seats to be assigned in his shul. “Whoever wants to come daven with me is welcome,” he would say simply
The Gatekeeper's Daughter
Will Motina sign? She’s been so odd and distant lately. She won’t like me going to Vilnius if we win — not if it means her being left alone
Center Stage
“How nice! You’re so lucky!” Rina heard herself gushing. She always gushed when she was trying to mask jealousy
Windows
A message I’d heard over and over — that we don’t have forever to gather our dividends — suddenly became so real, I could touch it
Family Tempo
Oh, the guilt of an only daughter. You feel bad when you’re single and making them wait. You feel bad when you’re married and leave them all alone
Magazine Feature
Three accounts of women who made radical life changes and broke the patterns of decades… reminding us that it’s never too late to change
