Malkie Hirsch: Realizing Over and Over Again
By Malkie Hirsch
Sometimes, the realization that my 40-year-old husband died at work will hit me really hard in middle of the day.
Sounds funny, because of course I know that...
Father’s Day
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
As I got Rosie ready for bed one night last week, she asked me about Jeremy’s arrival back home; on the first Father’s Day in a...
Malkie Hirsch: Making Plans
By Malkie Hirsch
We had plans.
Things to look forward to in the future, while raising the beautiful family we created together.
The Sunday lunches we’d embark upon once the boys would...
‘The Empty Wagon’: A Review Of R’ Yaakov Shapiro’s Attack on Zionism
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro’s "The Empty Wagon" is one of the most controversial books to hit the Orthodox world in decades. Its 1,373 pages deal with the...
Widows In Crawfords Getting Married
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
Readers of this column might remember the time I went to meet a fellow widow named Mimi at Crawford’s dating back to around a year ago....
Heard in the Bagel Store: Making A Shidduch
The lament is a recurring one: If only everyday people like you and me would take it upon themselves to attempt to make a shidduch, the current crisis that...
Mistress Of Ceremonies
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
You know what it’s like when an idea pops into your head and you foolishly mention it in the company of others, without thinking things through,...
Turn, Turn, Turn
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
I’ve never been much of a fan of the simcha circuit.
I didn’t like having to wear the clothes one is supposed to wear for certain festivities...
Dear Dini,
By Malkie Hirsch
She got married before me and had her first child before me; basically, she didn’t fight the adulting portion of life like I did. In fact, the...
Motivation Vs. Purpose
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
Anyone who owns a Peloton knows who Robin Arzón is. But some might not adequately take in her soulful words of wisdom while breathless, sweating, and...
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Addressing V’Lo Yilbash
Sometimes, a general prohibition is well-known, but the details of the prohibition are foreign even to seasoned talmidei chachamim. Although the prohibition of v’lo...
Terror In Jerusalem: Seven Dead in Shooting in Synagogue in Neve Yaakov
Elad Benari, Canada
At least seven people were killed and several others were injured, including one critically, in a shooting attack on a synagogue in...
Gaza Terrorists Fire Rockets Into Israel, Prompting IDF Retaliatory Strikes Against Hamas
(January 27, 2023 / JNS) Palestinian terrorists fired a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israeli communities overnight Thursday, prompting retaliatory strikes by the IDF...