by Jonathan Rosenblum | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
As parents, we all have those moments when we feel that we must have done something right. For instance, your son comes home from yeshiva on Friday after one of Jerusalem’s infrequent snow storms and, without being asked, immediately begins shoveling a path...
by Tuvia Grossman | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
The “Palestinian” Yeshiva Boy Reflects on His Near-Death Experience One of the most riveting – and controversial – photographs to have emerged from the recent weeks of violence in Israel was that of a bloodied and dazed young man with an angry...
by Deborah Levine | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
If I slept at my grandma’s house on any given Thursday night, I’d wake up Friday morning to find huge ceramic bowls, filled with challah dough and covered with checkered dishcloths, sitting on the radiator; cinnamon buns dotted with raisins and laced with...
by Eli Gewirtz | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
I almost lost it. January 2, 2000. I’d like to blame the 3-hour delay at JFK airport on Y2K (there must be a Jewish law somewhere about judging airlines favorably). I was on my way to Israel for a 3-day trip to greet the thousands of college students arriving as...
by Naomi Ragen | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Last night I went to the wedding of my dear friends’ Nancy and Benny’s daughter. I’ve known the bride and her family for many years. And Nancy and I discovered we were both born in the same hospital in Brooklyn a few days apart. The bride and her...
