LifeLines

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

More Than One Approach

I attended a regular, litvish-style yeshivah. I liked learning but I felt I was missing something, and I had no one I could talk to about it

LifeLines

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Just Pareve

“I think they’re a little jealous of you,” he replied. “You’re so poised and confident, and you have such a sunny personality, maybe they feel a little intimidated.”

LifeLines

Monday, October 02, 2017

Lifelines: The Next Chapter

Over the past few years, these seven LifeLines narrators have shared their memorable stories of struggle and growth, adversit ...

LifeLines

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Narrow Mountain Pass

I realized that I would probably die and that there was nothing I could do to stop that from happening.

LifeLines

Monday, September 18, 2017

On the Books

It’s one thing for a two-year-old to throw a temper tantrum, quite another for an 18-year-old to froth at the mouth that way.

LifeLines

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Free Swim

Shimon was a rebbi’s dream. Moshe was a rebbi’s nightmare. Ovadia was somewhere in-between: an average student. Or so we thought.

LifeLines

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Good Advice

Whatever the issue was, she would tell me to be mevater and do what Uri wanted. “It’s not that important,” she would say

LifeLines

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Raging Epidemic

Painful as it was to hear that Naftali blamed me for his addiction, I had attended Nar-Anon long enough to know that addicts invariably blame others

LifeLines

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Alternate Trajectories

When Ben was about to begin his first job with a Manhattan law firm, he told me he might not wear his yarmulke ...

LifeLines

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Dangerous Sell

“The seminar was worth every penny,” Avi enthused. “Really life changing.” We had no idea then how life changing it would be. 

LifeLines

Wednesday, August 09, 2017

Black and White

Many of the guys in my high school belonged to local gangs. Gangs afforded protection; if you wore the gang colors, ...