Barbara Bensoussan

Barbara Bensoussan is the quintessential Jewish dropout who never finished her Ph.D. but went on to teach English and Introductory Psychology at the University of Michigan. She worked as a social worker for OHEL, an ESL teacher, and various other stints before easing into full time writing. Her 20-year-plus career followed the growth of frum publishing, and she wrote articles for many Jewish publications before settling in at Mishpacha. Barbara is the author of the young adult novel A New Song (Targum), the food memoir The Well-Spiced Life (Israel Bookshop), and the co-author of Converted Masters, an art book; she has also authored private memoirs and taught writing workshops. All of this, of course, gets accomplished in the margins of Barbara’s day job as a wife, mother and grandmother.

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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Riches from the East

Rabbi Marvin Tokayer took a pulpit in Japan, and returned with historic treasures.

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Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Keeper of the Stories

Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz won’t let the struggles of frum Jews in early America fall into oblivion.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Learning by Heart

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Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Bonded Hearts

One a rosh yeshivah, the other a savvy criminal lawyer. With Rav Aaron Brafman’s shloshim approaching, his brother Ben sha ...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

All My Daughters

Rabbi Avraham Kelman z”l’s greatest achievement: the founding of a yeshivah back in the 1950s against all odds, and four ...

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Journey from the Silk Road

“The Jews had forgotten how to do shechitah for lamb and cows, so they ate only chicken,” Geula says. “They kept many traditions, but no longer remembered why.”

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Chef Divine

Chef Shalom Kadosh creates sumptuous kosher cuisine for heads of state — and he’s put Israel on the culinary map.

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Wednesday, August 09, 2017

Midnight Rider

Rabbi Harry Berkowitz went from riding shotgun with transit police to serving as chaplain for the MTA.