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The minivan smells like Cheerios.

I’m sitting in the back seat on the way to my grandfather’s levayah, watching the bright green fields swoop past my window and the sunshine shimmering on the road ahead, when my mother opens a ziplock bag and the smell drags me from my thoughts.

“What is that?”

She looks at me, confused. “Cheeri...


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It was a stunning weekend in late summer, the sky a deep blue over the rolling hills of the countryside. An idyllic lakefront rounded out the pastoral scene, with the gentle sound of rushing water coming from a fountain. The campgrounds were dotted with tennis courts and play areas and pergolas, offering seating with protection from the sun but a sweeping view of Hashem’s bea...


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Americans began the week paying an average of $4.31 per gallon of gasoline. In Israel, only a pre-Rosh Hashanah fuel tax cut keeps prices below the equivalent of $10 per gallon.

Consumers may soon view those prices as a bargain. The world’s next oil-price shock may come through the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb, Arabic for “Gate of Tears,” one of the world’s busiest water...


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קָמוּ בָנֶיהָ, וַיְאַשְּׁרוּהָ;

בַּעְלָהּ, וַיְהַלְלָהּ

Her children rise and call her fortunate; [also] her husband, and praise her  (Mishlei 31:28)

A Great Woman
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

The Midrash associates this verse with the Shunamite woman. She sought out El...


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My father’s yahrtzeit fell on Shabbos this year. My husband would be saying Kaddish for him, so I decided to go to shul to hear it.

As I was putting on my jacket in front of the glass sliding door near the kitchen, I heard a thrumming noise. I saw a flash of something hovering near the glass at eye level.

At first, I thought it was a big bumblebee. Then I ...


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