The Prize

My children would get their afikomen

Manischewitz Man

Of all the regalim, it’s Pesach that draws the most inspiration and perspiration from religious Jews

Why am I, of all people, here in Israel, in my safe room?

In Yeshivas Telz, Rav Leizer Gordon set a lasting gold standard

The ship’s scheduled departure meant that it would be on the high seas on Yom Kippur

A Shabbos of heartbreak and hope with escapees from Lev Tahor

Sometimes I feel like I’m ten again, a child they expect to behave in predictable ways

If you thought the hardest part of Yom Tov was the cooking and cleaning, you don’t have teenage girls

“Chassidei Skulen?” he asked. “It’s only for the chassidim? It’s for any Yid who wants ah bissel varmkeit!”

“It’s very lonely facing the world as a married woman yet so very much a single mom with an additional adult child”

The Baal Haggadah gives words, but you, dear father, have to give the words their feeling, and that’s what your child will remember