American Dreams
“It’s your job, to make her smile, to bring her happiness, and a girl like this, she can use it. You’ll know what you have to do. It’s not as easy as you think, but it’s also not ...
The Elusive Tenth
I wrote a list, then heralded the squealing children around the house as my husband joyously found one crumb after another
Home Ground: Chapter 13
“So you moved to a brand-new place, with no family, and you just stayed there until you got married?”
Broken Things
What does that feel like, to be at peace with your lot in life, even if that lot is standing at the corner of Kikar Shabbos and Malchei Yisrael on a cool Jerusalem morning, annoyi ...
Pesach in Bombay
We didn’t have Haggados for each person, and certainly there were none for children. My grandfather had one, and perhaps the other men as well
Numbers Game
I want to tell him it’s impossible, our largest event drew what, 30, 40, do we even know 100 students, but something stops me
Lost and Found
Have you ever lost anything? I don’t know about you, but to me it is the most unsettling feeling. Do you promise money to Rabi Meir Baal Haneis or say Amar Rebbi Binyamin? Let’s h ...
Upper Class: Chapter 9
I love that about Debbi, that she can be so honest about how she’s feeling
Make a Blessing but Make It Yummy
Meet Bracha and Rachelli Rosenthal, the unstoppable sisters behind Yummy Blessings and Yummy Blessings 2.0
Sweetness and Light
Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein is driven by a mission to show that there’s no sweetness like Torah when it’s practical and clear
Rubber Bands of Freedom
“Just go shopping,” my husband said. He’s a good man, and he usually gets it. That day, he did not
