This week is my granddaughter Etty’s second birthday. She’s named after my mother-in-law, Rebbetzin Ita Singer, a”h. I remember holding her as a newborn in
A couple of weeks ago, I took my daughter to the passport center in Manhattan for a same-day passport renewal. It took two trips, once
When I was in summer camp, I loved buying cans of soda from the vending machine. Sometimes the soda can wouldn’t come out after inserting
Last week’s presidential debate to help decide who would be the best leader for America reminded me of Parshas Korach. Two esteemed individuals with dissimilar
I recently found a small shoe box in one of my closets. Inside was my first pair of shoes! They were cute little white high-top
I have a gorgeous art piece from Rabbi Yonah Weinrib in my house— basically a star with six teardrop points. In the center, there’s a
Right after Shavuos last year, I took my son on a hike called Stairway to Heaven, in Vernon, New Jersey. At the top of the
Rabbi Yaakov Bender takes security for his yeshiva, Darchei Torah, very seriously. Two Israeli ex-security personnel contacted the yeshiva, offering to enhance his campus security.
In the early 1900s, the Turkish emperor issued harsh decrees against the Jews. Naturally, the chief rabbi tried to convince him to rescind these decrees.
Last week, a very special lady passed away: Mrs. Honey Cheifetz, Chana Shoshana bas Yozeph, a”h. Mrs. Cheifetz and her husband Ralph, yblch”t, have been
One of the young men from our yeshiva’s Young Professionals’ Initiative just went to Eretz Yisrael to learn in yeshiva. He had been working for
Rebbetzen Sima Spetner, a world-renowned expert in raising children, often tells the following story:There was a 3-year-old girl sitting on the floor, busy coloring a
