Advice

If you have ever compared yourself to someone else, you are not alone. According to some studies, as much as 10 percent of our thoughts involve comparisons of some...

Next week, March 25, is Yesh Tikvah’s infertility awareness Shabbat. Yesh Tikvah is an organization whose mission is to create awareness and offer education about infertility and to offer...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch “Ever feel like life had been going so predictably for so long that you began to expect things to happen the way they did even before...

Why has politics been allowed to enter shidduchim? Why does it matter that I’m a Republican? Why does it matter that I was in DC on January 6 during...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch I might be taking a shot in the dark here, but on the chance that there are other mothers out there who feel like they’re being...

Dear Elisheva, My wife and I have been married for almost three years, and this issue has only gotten worse over that time. Baruch Hashem, we get along really well...

Question I am not so new to dating. It’s been about five years, so I pretty much know most of the eligible guys out there. For the record, I consider...

Question I am a 35-year-old single woman, and I am feeling anxious and discouraged about dating. Multiple people, including well-meaning strangers and acquaintances, have advised me to lose weight. They...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch In true editor/father fashion, my father casually sent me a closeup picture of my late husband, with the large print of his latest written piece clearly...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch I like to refer to myself as an extroverted introvert. Today, the trend is to look like something you’re not and identify as somebody or something completely...