Their name was pronounced Peshevorsky. I have no idea how it was spelled. Neither do I know their first names. I addressed them as “Mr. and Mrs. Peshevorsky.” It was such a mouthful; I had to practice… Read more
Isaac Steven Herschkopf
As the Dreidel Falters
This year’s blockbuster movie Inception culminates with the image of a spinning dreidel. Though it might not have had the letters Nun, Gimmel, Hey, and Shin on it, anyone who can recall the first time… Read more
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Frum and Fit: Are We Fulfilling Our Torah Obligation to Take Care of Our Bodies?
Coming from the holiday commemorating our receiving of the…
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Linking Ruth to Bereishit
By Yehuda Berenson In 1616, Rabbi Joel…
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Relating Pirkei Avot to Modern Times
Relevance: Pirkei Avos for the Twenty-First Century By Rabbi Dan…
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The Starbucks Talmud
The ArtScroll Digital Library Schottenstein Talmud App, Version…
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First Impressions of the Koren Talmud
Koren Talmud Bavli By Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz Koren…
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Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine: Healthy, Simple & Stylish/The Bais Yaakov Cookbook/Temptations/Dash
Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine: Healthy, Simple &…
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The Yom Kippur War : An American Volunteer Remembers
By Irwin H. Krasna It was Yom Kippur, October 6th, 1973,…
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Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?
About a decade ago, a short time after I arrived in Oak Park,…
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The Courage to Serve: A Chareidi Woman in the IDF
By Fayga Marks Photo: Israel Sun An eight-year-old girl,…
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Please Put the Women Back In
I am an artist. Dealing with images is my stock and trade, and I…
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Life As a Happy Single Person
I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides…
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Touching Our Teens’ Neshamos
A quarter of students who come to college as Orthodox Jews…
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Confessions of a Kosher Organic Junkie
By Rachel Wizenfeld Melding my Berkeley organic roots with…
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Rising to the Occasion: Reviving the Practice of Standing up to Honor One’s Parents
“In the period that will precede the coming of Mashiach . . .…
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The Social Media Revolution: What Does It Mean for Our Children?
Shlomo Hamelech teaches us that there is nothing new under…