Esther checked her reflection in the rear view mirror as she and Len drove away from the Broadway Central Hotel. The makeup that had been
Rockland County—At an age when many teens are content to be strolling around their local mall, two Bergenfield residents were also out walking one recent
I was known as a “good girl.” My seat was always right in front of the teacher and my hand always shot up enthusiastically in
The hot Jerusalem sun bounced off the window of the Gal-Paz record shop and burned through my shirt. Ignoring the heat, I stood outside the
We’ve all been faced with it at one time or another—at school, at work or even when writing a letter. It’s called “the terror of
Kohelet teaches us that there is “a time to remain silent and a time to speak.” When Judy Brown was growing up in a Chassidic
As soon as I zipped up the dress I felt better. True, it was harder to fasten than it had been at my cousin Phyllis’
We’ve been driving for more than three hours. I am frantic to locate a bathroom and then find a cup of coffee anywhere on this
Englewood—The tables in the crowded Midday Gallery in Englewood, New Jersey, were set with delicious hors d’ouvres and the walls were embellished with creative art
Len headed to the last spot in the last row of the classroom and slid down low in the seat. He was only 13 years
With his long gray beard and somber clothes, Ruthie’s father resembled a rebbe or perhaps a mashgiach or a shoichet. He certainly didn’t look like
After two years of marriage, my husband convinced me to move from our apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the neighborhood where my
