Wheelchair Rockstar

On February 3, 1943 a torpedo struck the S.S. Dorchester. Chaos reigned on board as the boat…

I was on my way to meet someone in a place I had never been before. The home I was going to was…

In front of our house are three trees. One was on the left side, one on the right, and one in…

Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld came into my life in the early 1960’s. He was then the senior rabbi at…

When I was growing up in my Jewish world I would often hear about a Jewish organization called…

When I was a little girl I loved all sorts of pets. I had pet potato-bugs, pet spiders, pet…

When Dona was a young girl she was supposed to cook some spinach for her father because he had…

Billy Joel has been open about his German Jewish roots, and even hosted a Q&A session at a…

It was rainy weather for days but since the rain itself wasn’t very heavy I felt I could stay…

Sidney Robboy was born in Russia during the cruel anti-Semitic pogroms of the Czars. When…

I often hear people ask where the modern day miracles are. 

Kathleen Moore is an RN, a mental health counselor, specializing in the field of grief and…

Since I was a child I was always seemed to be the sickest child out of my siblings. I got sick…

When my family moved we picked a house surrounded by some trees. The trees along one side of…

Master Sargeant Elkana Vizel, a 35 year old reservist in the Israel Defense Force, left a…

As I was growing up I’d always heard about the Lower East Side of New York City. I grew up in…

My neighbor asked if I could watch her cats while she was away. One of her cats, George, had to…

Watch the story of the one of the Bielski brothers who fought against the Nazi regime.