Real Estate: Flying The Dreamliner
For those of you who have not seen the vast marketing campaign from El Al announcing the arrival of their new Dreamliner 787s, or have not yet flown on...
Count Me Out
Last week I discovered a large envelope in my mailbox. At first I thought it was medication sent from my mail-away pharmacy. But this rather heavy envelope didn’t resemble...
In the Candles’ Shadows
By Malkie Hirsch
Chanukah was never that joyful time in our house.
When I was nine years old, I remember hearing a phone ring in the middle of the night. I...
Mindbiz: How To Deal With Overwhelming Worry
Dear Esther,
I’ve always been very sensitive, but I thought that by the time I’d get to the age I am now, my life would be simpler and I’d have...
Schmutter: That’s Bananas!
If there’s one bad thing you can say about fruits and vegetables, it’s that there are no new products out there. Fruit is fruit. It was here long before...
Learning The Lingo
Like many people who are reading this, English is my first language and Yiddish is my second. Learning Yiddish was vital to my childhood existence. It wasn’t necessary for...
A Death In Yeshiva
By Reuben Gampel
Two weeks ago, Shana Aleph madrich Michael Riback, z’l, died suddenly. He was a soldier in the IDF and was participating in miluim, reserve duty, on the...
Dating Forum: My Boyfriend Became Too Frum
Question
I got tired of dating quack frum guys, so I decided to start going to clubs, and I met a guy who is not frum. My parents knew about...
Letters to the Editor
An Open Letter To The OU
Dear Rabbanim and Lay Leaders:
I have always reserved a special place in my heart for the Orthodox Union. Perhaps this relates to the fact...