“So what made you move now?” This was the question du jour when my family and I moved to Teaneck six years ago. People were
While visiting Israel this past June, I experienced sudden cardiac arrest. Fortunately for me, I was with someone who knew CPR and they immediately called
I am not sure who invented marriage. You take two people from two different families, two different backgrounds, two different ways of being raised and,
Yaakov’s name change to Yisrael is very different from Avram’s name change to Avraham—for Yisrael constitutes an entirely new name. Furthermore, Yisrael serves not only
I travel for my work; I travel often—my wife and children might say too often. Just before Chanukah, I was in Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Canada,
Jerusalem—As the Jewish calendar passes Chanukah and continues into the month of Tevet, an unusual transformation unfolds. Less than two weeks ago, Jews worldwide were
I seriously dread Parent-Teacher conferences. And I say this as a teacher (I teach high school English at a local mesifta.) As a parent, I
We have all been there: The friend whom your child begs to have over. The friend who also likes dried fruit! The friend who also
Hungarian Cabbage Soup With Apples A soup like no other for these chilly days! Our own Chef Avram Wiseman shares one of his comfort classics.
Stuffed cabbage is one of my favorite comfort foods. I love those plump, neat packages of green cabbage stuffed with meat and rice, cooked in
Chicken… how many of us serve this dish on Friday night? Probably thousands of you. We oftentimes prepare the same old chicken dishes but yet,
Over the course of the year, I host various get-togethers with different themes and number of guests. The largest of these is my annual Channukah
