People love to receive gifts. For many children, the most exciting part of a birthday party is opening the gifts they received. It is no
“Please daven for me at the kever of the Chofetz Chaim too! Please daven that I should be able to be mizakeh the rabbim.” Those
In his recent article, “Response to Dean David Berger on Open Orthodoxy” (August 20, 2015), Rabbi Ysoscher Katz explains in clear terms how those in
Unfortunately, and much to my chagrin, this is based on a true story.* Devarim: 16: 18 The police officer approached Effie on the sidewalk in
Recent events reported in the media focused the public’s attention on methods employed to deal with recalcitrance in the get process. In most end-of-marriage situations,
Every human being is naturally inclined to believe in God. Hashem has opened the door and given the capacity for everyone to believe in God.
On August 29, 1911, the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous work, was stolen off the wall of the Louvre in Paris. For a
With the stress of a double curriculum in an Orthodox high school, students must balance a huge workload and long school days with extracurricular activities
By the time you read this, my world would have been restored to normal. I will be waking my three man/boys up to go to
Puzzles. Blank stares. Books. As a young woman living a half-life, suffering through anorexia, this is how I spent Shabbat. It felt as if Shabbat
In the midst of the worldwide concern over the “Bad Deal” concocted by the Obama Administration with the mullahs of Iran, it occurred to me
The simple act of dusting can conjure up such intense thoughts. As I gently rubbed a cloth around the frame of a colorful drawing depicting
