This Week's Edition

Take Action Dear Editor, I write this in utter shock and horror after reading, yet again, the sad “Torah opinion” that has been allowed to be peddled on your forum (“Trusting...

I don’t recall exactly what I was doing when I received a phone call from my sister a few weeks before Dovid’s bar mitzvah, but I’d safely assume I...

I begin by wishing a happy birthday to my third daughter, who turned 20 this week. Who would have believed that when she turned 20 in the year 2020...

It rained like mad on Sunday night. And as long as we are on the subject of being mad, following the intense rainstorm the sky was decorated with the...

  I’ve wondered why people aren’t smiling back at me, even though I smile at most people most of the time. I finally realized that I can only see other...

  Dear Esther, I know that many people are taking different lessons from this pandemic, and they are not all the same. I’m 69 years old and my husband is 71....

When Henry Kissinger became secretary of state, Golda Meir, then prime minister of Israel, wrote him a congratulatory letter, expressing hope for a solid relationship between the two countries....

  Question I see so much hypocrisy that I just want to scream! I’m a nice frum girl who went to Bais Yaakov schools and camps. My father davens three times...

  It was not so long ago that the word phase had an entirely different meaning than it does today. Often, boys and girls of all ages go through what...

  Welcome back to “How Should I Know?” — the advice column that is perfect for these uncertain times, as it itself is never really certain. Dear Mordechai, Is there a good...