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

What Are We Supposed to Do?
Rabbi Moshe Grylak A tried-and-true remedy — and it shook the heavens

Badgered into Submission
Yonoson Rosenblum Avatars of political correctness in search of dissenters

Drinking Doubt Away
Eytan Kobre Meaning is indispensable for generating happiness

My Tale of Two Mentors
Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen I wish them both continued nachas and success until 120

Checks and Balances III
Mishpacha Readers The conversation continues...

Memorable Melodies of Modzhitz
Rabbi Mordechai Besser The struggling survivors became kings in shul on Shabbos

A Whole Song and Dance
Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenman One of those small acts that are giant leaps of chesed

Diamonds
Jacob L. Freedman MD "Each Jewish woman is a bas Melech, Dr. Freedman!"

Streamlined Service
Riki Goldstein "JewishMusic Stream is still about classic kosher music”

Perfect Harmony
Riki Goldstein "The arrangements literally changed the entire song"

Hang On to the Glow
Riki Goldstein Back to the warm camp Shabbos memories

Marking Miracles
Faigy Peritzman The miracles are there, but our eyes are blind to them

Going Against the Current
Sarah Chana Radcliffe Wise to deny our kids something all their friends have?

Clothed in Splendor
Mrs. Elana Moskowitz When dressing up is spiritual, not superficial

The Spokesman: Part IV
D. Himy, M.S. CCC-SLP and Zivia Reischer Every sentence tells a story; make yours well told