Authors and Contributors

Bayla Sheva Brenner

Bringing God into the Classroom

Why did God create me? Why do we have to keep Shabbat? Do my tefillot really matter? If God is so loving, why is there so much suffering? These are…

Money Management for Kids: Making Cents of It All

Children need to learn that money is not a goal unto itself, but a valuable tool to help us fulfill our obligations as Jews.

Remembering Sarah Taub

She took her baby home with one question for God. “You gave me this child; what is my mission? Let me see the purpose while I’m alive.”

Pulling the Plug: Life Without Internet

In 120 years, when every one of my minutes flashes before me, I can’t bear the thought of watching myself mindlessly staring at a computer screen, reel after reel after…

Filling the Void: Creating Jewish Families Through Adoption

A rising number of frum couples are taking their determination to enter Jewish parenthood to the next level by adopting a child

Managing Mishpacha

Shoshana Friedman insists she didn’t choose her field. It chose her. A computer science and math major in college, she never intended on becoming managing editor of Mishpacha magazine, a…

Rechy Frankfurter: Ami’s Woman at the Helm

When Rechy Frankfurter and her husband Yitzchok launched Ami Magazine in 2010, they weren’t the only game in town. A variety of competing frum newsprint and glossy publications were already…

Unbroken Faith: American Jewish Families Who Defied the Odds

Many assume Torah Judaism came to these shores in the aftermath of the Holocaust. This is not only historically false, but it overlooks the extraordinary mesirut nefesh and devotion to…