Turning Tides

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Without Words

I could have cried with all my strength but neither my mother nor my father would have been able to hear. They were both deaf and mute.

Turning Tides

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Brief History

I married yichus — and expectations. The world is a shtender and a gemara, and what more could you need or possibly want?

Magazine Feature

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Legacy of Secrets

The Abarbanel predicted that the Anusim will would return to Hashem in two phases: first, in their hearts, and then ent ...

Magazine Feature

Thursday, October 13, 2016

For the Sake of the Children

Children are the future”— This was the credo Knesset member and community askan Rav Shlomo Lorincz z”l bequeathed ...

Personal Accounts

Thursday, October 06, 2016

I’m Sorry

Two tiny words to bridge chasms, repair rifts, mend hearts. Five women, and the ways they said,

Magazine Feature

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Always a Reason to Thank

They’ve lost four young children to a rare genetic disease, but Rabbi Yisrael and Aviva Deren carry on with simchah and ...

Turning Tides

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

A Singular Shabbos

The ripple effect of two singles showing up at a Shabbos geared for families and married couples

Personal Accounts

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

It Could Only Happen in Summer

Sunshine and sea breezes. Ices next to the basketball court. Sweet, satisfying seasonal jobs. New discoveries only a heartbea ...

Turning Tides

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Wide-Angle View

One thing I learned right away was that if this was to work — and I believed it could — then honesty was cruci ...

Profiles

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Key and the Gate — An Encounter with Rebbetzin Chaya Ita Lau

"If you want to understand who I am, and what gave me the strength to do the things I’ve done, I have to tell you about my parents and my childhood home.”

Family First Feature

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Entering the Gates of Greatness

Most of us only know greatness from afar. We observe our leaders, absorb their messages — from a distance. Some are ...