A few weeks ago my daughter and her husband had a baby girl. She is, Baruch Hashem, our first grandchild. My husband and I are
Recently, I attended a full day conference and workshop on suicide prevention, sponsored by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care and the New Jersey Traumatic Loss
Step # 5, Part 1 ‘ועשית הישר והטוב בעיני ה “You shall do what is right and what is good in the eyes of Hashem…”
Almost 50% of all marriages in the United States will end in divorce or separation. The divorce rate in the Orthodox community is catching up,
As some of our readers may know, my son Eric, z”l, took his own life less than four years ago, after suffering from mental health
(Permission granted to reprint from The Yated Magazine Shidduch Forum, August 2, 2019) Question: A shadchan thinks of a shidduch and suggests the idea to
With only one experience under my belt, I don’t know whether the phenomenon I witnessed was singular or representative of a larger trend. After tremendous
Today’s dating scene is often hyper-focused on externals. “Great catches” are described as people who are professionally successful or physically attractive, rather than people who
Step # 4Part 3 פתח תפתח את ידך לאחיך לעניך ולאבינך בארצך “Open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to the needy
When my father returned to the States after serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he bought a pet supply retail store
I was eagerly gearing up for my international trip. I planned on traveling to Europe and touring Greece. In order to prepare, I began studying
Stanton Street Shul, a historic and active synagogue on the Lower East Side, is hosting its latest art show: “The Pen and the Knife: Jewish
