Peri Wechsler
Malky Brejt As the weather turns crisp and fall-colored clothing are displayed in store windows, our children pack up their school bags and board the bus, headed back for another year of learning. We send them to school to learn Chumash and math, Gemara and science, but education covers a far broader range than that. […]
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Get Back the Life You Love Dr. Shraddha Wagh PT, DPT Facilitated by Shoshana Gross When even her morning cup of coffee wasn’t relaxing, Esther knew something was wrong. “Every day, I wake up with horrible back pain that doesn’t go away!” she complained to her neighbor. “Maybe it’s our age,” Rachel joked. “I’ve noticed […]
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Striving for Gadlus Tribute to Rav Avrohom Ausband zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Riverdale Strauss Photos: Avraham Elbaz-AEGedolimphotos.com “If you had to give your future talmidim one message, what would it be?” The Rosh Yeshivah’s gravelly voice echoed through the now empty chuppah room. Rav Avremel Ausband was sitting with a group of yungerleit, alumni of Yeshivas […]
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These muffins are packed with fresh apples and almond butter for a healthful start to the day. Yield: 12 muffins Ingredients: ½ cup unsweetened applesauce 2 eggs ¼ cup maple syrup 1½ teaspoons vanilla sugar ½ cup almond butter 1 cup milk or almond milk 2 cups oats 1 teaspoon baking powder 2¼ […]
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Baruch Levy It’s 11 p.m., and two men are talking about implementing new software to better serve people. Not so unusual in this town, but a closer look reveals that one is completely unpaid. His passion? Powering connections of the Heavenly kind. Gabba’im are on call all the time, frequently while juggling a full-time job, […]
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Fundamentals As our student-aged population reenters the world of education, we explore the deeper layer of chinuch: the core of Yiddishkeit, the essence of who we are. A conversation with renowned educational speaker and Tell Me the Truth author Rabbi Chaim Veshnefsky Elisheva Braun “Many years ago, when I was running a kiruv organization in […]
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This one is so different and out of this world! The colors, the tastes, the sweet pesto dressing…each component complements the others perfectly. Yield: 6–8 servings Ingredients: Salad: 8 oz. baby romaine lettuce 1 ripe peach, thinly sliced ¼ cup pomegranate seeds ¼ cup crumbled feta Dressing: 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons brown sugar […]
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A Living Sefer Torah A tribute to Rav Baruch Ber Ziemba Zt”l Brejt The greatness of Torah is the way it spills over to other facets of life. It impacts and elevates every part of a person. What happens when a person is steeped in Torah, when Torah is their cheshek, the focus of their […]
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Next-Level Rescue A talk with Elimelech Esterzohn, CEO of Hatzolah of Central Jersey Rachelli Silver Photos by Yanky Elbogen Every kid wants to be a hero. Lights and sirens are the stuff of all little boys’ dreams. But what happens when they grow up? What happens when that itch matures into a sincere desire to […]
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Throughout my years of speaking and writing about chinuch, whether in the Tristate area, out-of-town, or abroad, I noticed a universal trend. The most frequently requested topic is how to raise happy children. (This article being a case in point.) Parents find it very painful when their children are sad, and they’re fully invested in […]
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