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Close Call
Smile, my brain screamed. Your best friend is getting married!

By Devoiry Braunstein

Profiles
Rabbi Breyer calls summer vacation “an unfortunate work accident between parents and children.” He says it’s really a matter of matching expectations

By Yisrael Groweiss

Profiles
The couples who attend Hitkashroot have a serious problem: one spouse is religious and one is not. Through a course of seminars — and lots of work at home — these couples learn ho ...

By Gershon Burstyn

Metro & Beyond
How New York’s rent control laws threaten Orthodox livelihoods

By Yochonon Donn

Metro & Beyond
The new law is certain to get some anti-vaxxers off the fence, but it is also sure to face a legal challenge

By Yochonon Donn

Washington Wrap
Peace not on the agenda as Abbas boycotts Bahrain

By Omri Nahmias

Spotlight
The former London mayor and foreign secretary will bring charisma and irreverent humor to the tough job of taking Britain out of the European Union.

By Gedalia Guttentag

Inside Israel
Former Israeli national security advisor Gen. Yaakov Amidror worries that Israel could get drawn into an Iran-US showdown

By Eliezer Shulman

Recipes

By Sima Kazarnovsky

Build your best

By Sarah Faygie Berkowitz

Fork in the Road

By Michal Frischman

Personal Accounts
Two grown women, each paralyzed with fear at the thought of boarding a plane. A therapist uses innovative techniques to uncover the layers beneath the phobia and enables them to h ...

By Esty Heller

Fiction
“He is a prince of the Talmud,” a feverish boy whose dark eyes burned and shimmered in the smudgy light of a lamp told me

By Ora McCarthy

Yardsticks
I wondered what was up with that seamstress, but I couldn’t dwell on her. The Kohlmans were waiting for me to design a gown that would make headlines. It was going to be a long ni ...

By Esty Heller