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Three Weeks to Transform Your Relationships Discover the secrets to living in peace with family, friends, and yourself with Shalom Challenge 3.0 Things had been stressful at work since Malky returned from her vacation the previous week, but she hadn’t been expecting such a scathing text from her supervisor the second she got home. She […]

Lakewood, the beating heart of Torah life in the US, abounds with yeshivos, kollelim, and shuls. But even here, where every style and topic of Torah learning has its place, a new concept sometimes emerges that fills a niche in a new and exciting way. Such as Kollel Cheshek Shlomo, which has electrified the Torah […]

Winter Trips Compiled and photographed by Sarah Einhorn BeenThereDoneThatTrips.com I love making the most of the season we are in, and my trips highlight this. In the spring, I look to visit gardens and waterfalls, which are fullest then. In the fall, I enjoy visiting mountains and seeing the rainbow of colors on the trees, […]

One pioneering family—with Klal Yisroel behind them—can change the shidduch crises forever. Elisheva Braun What does it take to change someone’s mind? How about a society rooted in static public habits? Change dawns gradually; communal shifts are slow to the point of imperceptibility. Often, all the proof and passion in the world cannot get a […]

A Look at How the Contemporary Frum World Designs and Defines Kosher Reading Elisheva Braun As the People of the Book, our connection to reading material is intimate and inseverable. In a world that never stops evolving, growing, and publishing—upping the ante and raising the bar—can we provide our youth with the space to breathe, […]

: Navigating the Fast-Paced Process of Mesivta Enrollment Rabbi Yitzchok Landa Photos by Jacob Elbogen A parent’s role in guiding the development of their children toward becoming bnei and bnos Torah is riddled with many milestones that must be achieved, each with a certain amount of anxiety. For many, “getting in” to an appropriate yeshivah […]

Bikur Cholim: At the Heart of the Community “Did you call Bikur Cholim? I’m sure they can help.” How many times have Lakewood residents uttered or heard those words? How many hearts have found respite in knowing that they have a heart to share their burden with in their most trying moments? How much confusion […]

“Even with Jewish music going in so many directions simultaneously, we haven’t lost our way. We haven’t lost our hartz” A Musical Interlude with Shea Berko Meir Kass Thousands of chasidim crammed bleachers reaching to the ceiling inside the massive Skver bais medrash as they strained to watch their revered rebbe light the Ner Chanukah. […]

Pills, Policy, and Powerless Plebeians A drug shortage sickens the nation Elisheva Braun A syringeful of pink liquid combats infections. A smear of cream makes rashes disappear. A little red tablet cures aches of all kinds. Medicine is part of the backdrop of our lives. Modern health care is streamlined so medicine is often prescribed, […]

Does My Child Need Therapy? The Whens, Whys, and Hows of Pediatric OT Libby Kasten Does my baby have to crawl on all fours? As she relaxed on the couch in her in-laws’ house on a lazy Shabbos afternoon, Chani’s gaze repeatedly fell on her niece, who was born the same week as her 11-month-old […]