By Shulem Deen
It’s not just Hasidic women who feel trapped into having many children. Shulem Deen recalls being forced by Halacha — and his wife — to have more than he had any hope of providing for.
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By Kimberly Gadette
Benjamin Netanyahu and Kimberly Gadette once exchanged glances in a Manhattan hotel room at the Regency. Thirty years later, she can’t help but reminisce.
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By Lenore Skenazy
We open our doors on Passover to symbolize overcoming suspicion and hatred of others. Is that noble ideal under siege in today’s America?
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The Forverts was the third largest publication in New York 100 years ago. Jews committed suicide in Nazi Austria and an Israeli agent planned to murder a German scientist.
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By Rachel Freier
It’s true that religious Jews place a high value on having children. Attorney Rachel Freier says being blessed with a family completes her life within the community.
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By Judy Brown (Eishes Chayil)
When Judy Brown started having children, she learned that motherhood sometimes completes you. But trying to have a baby can also tear you apart.
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By Eddy Portnoy
A teenage girl from the Lower East Side attacked a robber. The Eldridge Street Synagogue was looted and Israel claimed that Syria broke a U.N.-negotiated ceasefire.
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By Curt Schleier
Henry Grossman wasn’t a fan of the Beatles when he first started photographing them in 1964. But he wound up snapping thousands of shots of the Fab Four.
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By Moses Gates
Odessa is home to a sprawling set of tunnels spreading out from the center of the city. On his trip through the ‘catacombs,’ urban explorer Moses Gates made a shocking discovery.
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By Eddy Portnoy
Blood libel rumors were spread by priests in New Jersey. A controversy brewed in Israel over Yiddish. And, Soviet Jews were prosecuted for “economic crimes.”
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