In Person

As told to C.B. Lieber

Hi kids! Nice to meet you. I’m an artist and I love to paint, especially on walls! I’ve been painting ever since I was small. I even have a picture of my twin sister and me painting white clouds on an orange wall when we were about six. To my mind, blank walls mean they need a painting on them.

What a Wedding!

C.B. Lieber

Have you been to a wedding recently? It’s so much fun to rejoice and enjoy the festivities with the chassan and kallah. But did you know that some people have a job that involves attending weddings day after day, week after week? We spoke to people in the wedding business to find out how they make each wedding so special for the family, the friends, and the lucky couple.

Jr. Tales: Wedding Blues

Shayna Friedman

Pink, fuzzy pen in hand, Mindi carefully crossed “suits” off her wedding-help list. She was making sure all Mommy’s important things got taken care of, but did Mommy have Mindi’s important thing on her to-do list? Of that, Mindi was not at all sure….

Madame Chamberlaine

Tzipie Wolner

“Well,” Donny crossed his arms and looked up at Monsieur Two-Meh-Two. “Can you dance too?” We all stared at Donny. “Donny!” I whispered. “It’s not nice to ask him that!”

Conversations

Letters That Speak
Shoshana Friedman They tell us what it is that our readers want

Peddlers of Hope and Faith
Rabbi Moshe Grylak A personal tribute to two warriors of the spirit

Coddled on Campus
Yonoson Rosenblum Animosity against Jewish students going strong

Take Yes for an Answer
Eytan Kobre We’re not rage monkeys with skullcaps

Sefirah? What's Sefirah?
Rabbi Henoch Plotnik A tragedy swept under the rug?

Top 5 Jewish Reminders
Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin Have we lost our ability to remember?

Work/Life Solutions with Mordy Golding
Moe Mernick "It’s okay to change the plan as you go"

A Modern Eternal Flame
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman The classic rabbinic dictum still stands

I Don't Work on Shabbos
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP with Zivia Reischer You don't cut corners with Yiddishkeit

Mood Mix with Sheya Mendlowitz
Riki Goldstein "It’s a truly heilige niggun"

Truth Will Tell
Faigy Peritzman To constantly be in a state of upward motion

Mad at Dad
Sarah Chana Radcliffe Why many fathers get a bad rap

Eternal Victory
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz To be personable, you need to develop your personality

The Baker: Part IV
D. Himy, M.S. CCC-SLP and Zivia Reischer "She’s just a pareve version of her potential self”