J.B. Handley: Vexed Over Vaccines
By J.B. Handley
I am the author of the bestselling book, How to End the Autism Epidemic, which was released by Chelsea Green Publishing in September. I read publisher/editor Larry...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
The Purim Legacy Of Moshe Hirsch
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
As a little girl past the age of nine, I dreaded the arrival of Chanukah.
My elementary school would have a weekly countdown from the holiday of...