The Missing Yarmulke

Most American college graduates choose to start families, launch careers, and settle down into…

When Dona was a young girl she was supposed to cook some spinach for her father because he had…

Emily, my closest friend from high school was voted the one most likely to succeed at…

For thirty years, the Jews of Syria knew that in the free world was a mysterious woman, "Miss…

During the time that I spent with the children at the orphanage in Mexicali Mexico I was…

Phil Bova was enjoying his life to the fullest. In addition to his career as an entertainer for…

Cyril Miller has seen God answer many prayers in his life. When Cyril was about 14 years old he…

Arthur Branner personally recounted his call to Iraq to be chaplain of a battalion for one year.

It was Friday and I was busy cleaning and getting ready for Sabbath as usual. I tossed out an…

ne special evening many years ago a small group of family members began sharing memorized…

Tanya grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home in the Soviet Union. Her family's tea business was…

When I was a little girl I loved all sorts of pets. I had pet potato-bugs, pet spiders, pet…

Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld came into my life in the early 1960’s. He was then the senior rabbi at…

I was in a training class for a new job. One day the teacher mentioned that we had been exposed…

Rachel Hyman was a fun-loving, happy, energetic child. The more active she was, the happier she…

As I look at my bookshelf . . . for the new generation, a bookshelf, usually made out of wood,…

Just like Solomon, Alexander Bolotnikov asked God for wisdom & knowledge. He wanted to get a…

I decided to book a last minute flight to Florida. I knew my Rabbi had hosted a Sukkot retreat…