A Churban in the Meadowlands
On the smoldering ashes of his shul and home, Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman is rebuilding from the ground up
Family First Inbox: Issue 956
“ ‘Never’ and ‘always’ have no place in childbirth; you’re not in charge. Hashem is”
Let’s Turn Luxury into Lifelines
A few days later, one of them texted me: “Just did it — $6,500 order, sent $650 to a kollel I support. I’ll sleep better tonight”
The Trump Train for Peace
The new POTUS plan for two warring former Soviet republics offers a corridor out of a century-old feud
Changing the Lens
Strategies for intentional living from experts who get it
Eizehu Gibor and the W Column
Sometimes, losers are the biggest winners, and nice guys, baalei middos tovos, always finish first
A Happy Tishah B’Av Thought
“There cannot be a greater chillul Hashem than the fact that the overwhelming majority of the world’s Jews know little or nothing of Hashem’s Torah”
Terms of the Deal
But this year that wasn’t what she heard. She heard hesitance and reluctance and then bitterness and resentment and anger
Meals on Keels
Slogging down the Amazon or breaking ice in Antarctica? The gourmet meals are on Malcolm Green
When It Comes to Guilty Pleasures, the One Luxury I Won’t Give Up Is…
Readers confess their everyday indulgences
The Ice Cream Chart
This chart is how I hold summer together
