The news reported that Jared and Ivanka Kushner received rabbinic permission to ride in a car back from the inaugural ball on Friday night. Many

These words of Torah are dedicated l’ilui nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h.   This week we learned Bava Metzia 118 and

We still often find ourselves asking aloud if we really had twins a little over 16 weeks ago. As beautiful as they are, bli ayin

It is the terrifying news no parent ever wants to hear—“It is likely your child will be born with Down’s Syndrome.” After telling these life-altering

I remember him as the man in the window. My grandfather, z”l, a survivor who lost his first wife and five children in the Holocaust,

In my first article in this publication, “My Journey in Emuna,’ I wrote about how Rabbi Shalom Arush’s books “The Garden of Peace” and “The

Parshat Va’era Shabbat Rosh Chodesh The confluence of Rosh Chodesh and Shabbat this week obligates us to read a special haftarah, a selection that connects

Every Shabbat, after the haftarah, our custom is to recite a prayer for the government. The prayer begins “HaNoten teshua la’melachim, He Who gives salvation

Part II of III In part one we were introduced to the Churchill family, the fact that he represented a large Jewish constituency in Manchester

People are always asking me the benefits of working at home. Well, that’s not true. No one talks to me, because I work at home.

While doing some pre-spring spring cleaning, I came across a bevy of letters and cards that I had sent husband #1 during our courtship. I

A thinking trap that we all fall into is believing that our life should be the same as we imagine it’s supposed to be. We