`I Just Don`t See It`: The Shidduch Scene Again - posted 9/12/01
Special Note: Every time I think we have exhausted the topic of shidduchim, another letter comes my way which presents a new facet of the problem.
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What Does It All Mean? - posted 9/05/01
"Ais tzarah hee l`yaakov" — This is a time of travail for our people. Our suffering seems to have no end. It`s not only our nation that is afflicted, but individuals as well. It`s not only in Eretz Yisrael that terrorists strike — we have become targets everywhere. Perhaps never since the advent of the Holocaust have there been so many murderous assaults against our people. From the United States to Australia, to Europe, South Africa and South America, the tentacles of the Arabs have gripped every part of the globe. How do we understand it? What is happening? What does it all mean? And what is the nature of these Arabs? These are just some of the questions that I addressed in my talk in Yerushalayim several weeks ago, in the wake of the tragic Sbarro Pizzeria massacre.

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`Never Give Up Hope - A Message From Malki` - posted 8/29/01
As I mentioned in last week`s column, every summer I take a group from our Hineni organization to Eretz Yisrael, but this year, things were different — not only because, in cooperation with Ideal Tours we started out in Europe, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and not only because our arrival in Jerusalem coincided with the horrific massacre at Sbarro Pizza, but because things occurred on this trip that were out of the ordinary and I feel compelled to share them with you, my dear readers.
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Everything Is From Heaven - posted 8/23/01
I am writing this column enroute from Tel Aviv to New York. So many thoughts are crowding through my mind that it`s difficult to know where to begin. Only days ago, we started out on a heritage tour to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary which would culminate in Eretz Yisroel. Wherever we stopped in the cities and villages we made a moley (memorial prayer) for those holy souls who once lived there, studied G-d`s Sacred Word, and led their people with dedication, love, and commitment to Torah and mitzvos.
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`The Indignities Of Poverty`: Our Readers Respond - posted 8/15/01
Special Note: I have received much mail on the letter by the woman who bemoaned her abject poverty. While all the letters were meaningful, I found one letter to be most powerful and sensitive because it demonstrates how, through love and proper chinuch, one can transcend the trying conditions that accompany poverty. I am pleased to share it with you.
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Not What I Hoped For (Continued) - posted 8/8/01
Special Note: In last week`s column I published a letter from a distraught wife and mother of two small children who wrote of the terrible disillusionment that she was experiencing in her marriage. While before her marriage she was aware that her future husband was not a great talmid chacham, she was nevertheless under the impression that he was attending shiurim regularly and davening with a minyan and would continue to do so after the wedding. Not only did he fail to live up to these expectations, but he became totally lax in many other areas as well, particularly in matters of Shabbos. She wrote that she had always dreamt of being like Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva, who was ready to undergo every sacrifice so that her husband might study Torah. But now, all her hopes were dashed. Her question: to divorce or remain in a marriage which she found untenable. The following is my reply:
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Not What I Hoped For - posted 8/1/01
Dear Rebbetzin:

I am writing to you after a futile attempt to write to and call a rabbi who wouldn`t extend his time to me. I believe my problem is halachically based, and so my first choice was to ask a prominent rav. However, since everything is basherte, perhaps it`s better for me to relay my problem to you since you have such a psychological as well as a halachic perspective — and a woman`s insight. I trust that, should I need a halachic ruling, you will let me know or speak to a rav for me.
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More On The Shidduch Scene: `Singles Are Also At Fault` (July 27) - posted 7/25/01
Special Note: I was planning to close the discussion in regard to young couples arranging and recommending shidduchim, but the letters kept pouring in, and the writers have made many cogent points that have not hitherto been discussed. Since the shidduch problem is one of the more troublesome ones in contemporary Jewish life, I decided to publish two of the letters written by our readers. Perhaps, as a result, singles will re-examine their responsibilities and see themselves more objectively. If even one person takes these letters to heart and makes a change in his/her life by responding to shidduchim with more responsibility, the series will have been worthwhile.
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The Indignity Of Poverty, July 20 - posted 7/18/01
I am writing this letter with the hope that you find some words of comfort or advice for me.

Poverty is an awful affliction. When G-d created poor people, He should have branded them with a scarlet ``P.`` I have no dignity left and feel like burying my head in shame. How embarrassed I am to face people who know of my plight, people who have generously contributed, or people to whom I owe money. The landlord, grocer, yeshiva administrator are right! Not only am I a pauper, but I`m a thief too!
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HOW AMERICANS ARE RESPONDING TO SEPTEMBER 11
Special Note: I wrote the following column for the secular press, but I felt that I would also like to share it with you, dear friends of The Jewish Press.
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HaShem He is G-d - There is None Beside Him
The specter of September 11 doesn’t leave us. We are gripped by fear - fear of the unknown.
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Miracles of Our Time
On my last trip to Israel this past summer, I was told that the Israeli Army is in need of Sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls).
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There Are No Accidents
A story is told about the Ribnitzer Rebbe, who in his old age slipped and fell. The gabbaim attempted to help him up, but he lay there, frozen in place.
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Learning to be More Sensitive
In last week`s column I spoke about the fact that there are no accidents -- for everything that happens, there is a reason. Unfortunately however, human nature is such that as soon as the cudgels are lifted and the crisis passes, it`s "back to normal"
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My Son Can`t Commit
I never thought that I would find myself in such a predicament. I don`t know where to turn - I don`t know with whom to speak, but I heard so many wonderful things about you, the miracles that you accomplished with our young people, that I thought that you might be able to offer me some good advice.
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My Son Can`t Commit
Perhaps never before in Jewish history have so many single people who should have been married, remaining single.
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My Son Can`t Commit
In last week`s column I published a letter from a widow who was agonizing over her forty one year old son`s single state.
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Prayer Works -- Worked!
The letters and e-mail keep pouring in - people expressing their appreciation for a magical evening of "Prayer Works".
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Is This Entertainment for Jewish Children?
I was hesitant about writing this letter because I didn`t want to embarrass anyone, but then I realized that I cannot remain silent
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Unforgettable Days
I have just returned from Israel, and as I write these words, I feel compelled to share with you, some of my experiences there.
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Unforgettable Days
In addition to the awesome inspirational visit that I had in Hebron, the dedication of the Sefer Torah is Tsrifim, the distribution of my book to our soldiers and my very moving but sad visit to Kever Rachel, I also had some disturbing encounters, chief of which was my visit to the Knesset
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Is This Entertainment For Jewish Children?
(Conclusion)

Several weeks ago, I published a letter from a bubbie, a survivor of the Holocaust, who expressed some deep concerns about her daughter-in-law`s choice of entertainment for her grandchildren.
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What`s Going On? Why All the Tragedy?
Two Letters
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What`s Going On? Why All the Tragedy?
Special Note: In last week`s column, I published two letters from women who were distraught and dismayed at the terrible, inexplicable things that are happening on a personal as well as a national level in our generation
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When a Will is Truly a Living One
I am a 62 year old Conservative Jewess, recently retired from teaching and shortly planning to relocate to Florida.
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What Is The Use? What`s It All About?
I can`t take it anymore! I know that it sounds trite, but it`s true. I`m not even sure why I`m writing to you since I know that no one can help, but still, my heart is aching.
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Banish Evil From the Face of the Earth
Daniel Pearl was murdered in the most barbaric manner. They slit his throat, gruesomely decapitated him and gleefully filmed the entire procedure. But before they perpetrated their heinous evil, Daniel Pearl proclaimed words that shook the world and were heard on every continent: "I am a Jew, my mother is a Jew" he cried out, and with these immortal words, he died, "al kiddush HaShem" - sanctifying the Name of G-d.
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Life and Death Are In the Tongue
I am writing to you in regard to a situation that I have come to realize is much more common to couples than people realize. The subject is infertility.
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In Our Loneliness Lies Our Salvation
I would like to ask those who have written me for their kind indulgence. B`ezrat HaShem, next week, I will return to my regular format of responding to problems, but for now, events in Israel are so critical, that I feel constrained to comment.
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Purim Postcript - Joy or Disgrace
From Purim to Pesach is just a hop, skip and jump, and because of that, I did not have the opportunity to publish the following worrisome letters regarding Purim celebration sooner.
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In Our Loneliness Lies Our Salvation - Readers Respond
Special Note: Two weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled "In Our Loneliness Lies Our Salvation" which focused on the terrible pain and suffering of our brethren in Israel, to whom every day is September 11th.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SOLDIERS OF ISRAEL
Maariv, one of Israel`s largest dailies, invited me to write an open letter to our soldiers. May the Almighty G-d bless and watch over them. I am pleased to share that letter with you.
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Where Do I Find A Shidduch?
I, like countless others, am an avid reader of your column, and as trite as this may sound, I never thought I`d be writing to you...
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Make A Statement
For years now I have conducted an annual tour of the Holocaust Museum in Washington for our Hineni Young Leadership.
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Nice Things Also Happen
"Ais Tzoro Hee L`Yaakov" -- These are days of travail and suffering for our people.
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Let`s Set the Record Straight
I was invited to speak at a women`s rally organized by the Jewish Action Alliance that was held in front of the United Nations.
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Hakores Tov
gratitude, appreciation, is one of the pillars of our faith. It is so integral to our beliefs that, when Moshe Rabbenu went forth to redeem our people and brought the ten plagues upon Egypt, he was told by HaShem to defer to Aaron when it came to striking the waters of the Nile, for those waters had saved him when he was an infant.
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Chizuk
A Kollel young man, while recuperating from illness read my book, "The Committed Life", and with great chesed and hakores tov, took the time to write an in depth letter (which will appear in two parts) to explain his views on the book and how it impacted on his life.
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Chizuk
In last week`s column I printed the first part of a letter from a Kollel young man who, while recuperating from illness, read my book, "The Committed Life", and with great chesed and Hakores Tov, took the time to write an in-depth letter to explain his views on the book and how it impacted on his life.
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Overcoming Shidduch Bias
Several weeks ago, I published a letter from a Y.U. rabbinical student who was in search of a shidduch -- a young lady who would be willing to become a rebbetzin.
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More on the Shidduch Scene
In last week`s column, I shared with you some letters from singles who write of their painful plight. Before responding to their particular dilemma, I am publishing one more letter on the same subject. Next week, B`ezrat HaShem, I will address all their concerns.

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The Shidduch Scene
In the course of the past few weeks I published several letters from singles. Some of them were truly heart-rending.
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Inquisition Or Investigation On the Shidduch Scene
I don`t know where to begin or why I am writing, but I do know that what I am writing has to be said.
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A WAKE UP CALL-- CHOOSE LIFE
As all presidential addresses, President Bush`s message on the mid-east on 6/25/02 was analyzed and dissected by domestic and foreign policy pundits throughout the world.
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Inquisition or Investigation - Readers Respond
The letters in response to the young woman who compared the contemporary Orthodox shidduch scene to an inquisition, keep coming in.
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From The Mouths of Our Children
On August 5, B`ezrat HaShem, our Hineni group, in conjunction with Rabbi Elbaum`s Ideal Tours, will be leaving for Russia, the Ukraine and Eretz Ysrael.
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Shidduch Issues -- My Response
Many letters reached my desk -- and while a number of them made valid, cogent points, some also expressed thoughts with which I took issue.
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Feeling Guilty About Parents
I find this letter very painful to write because it concerns my father. I do not want you to think that I am being disrespectful, but I have a very serious problem.

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Feeling the Pain
As you read this column, I will, B`ezrat HaShem, be in Russia speaking to the members of the Jewish community.
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Reaching Out Through Empathy
Have you ever tried to communicate with someone you love only to come up against a stone wall? It is maddeningly frustrating.
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The Lonely Widow
I am forty two years old and have been widowed for the past two years. My husband passed away suddenly and left me with four children.
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Not Just Tilim - Missiles, But Tehillim - Psalms
Often, when people consult me regarding a personal problem, they say, "Rebbetzin, I don`t know where to begin.." to which I usually respond, "Begin at the end, and work your way back."
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Hebron - The Heart of the Jewish People
I have difficulty imagining being in Eretz Yisrael without going to Hebron. The very name, Hebron, stirs your heart and awakens your soul. This time however, our visit to Hebron was different.
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Miracles Before Our Very Eyes
Immediately following the Six Day War, my husband, HaRav Meshulem HaLevi Jungreis, Z`tl, and I received a lengthy letter from my brother-in-law, Rabbi Amram HaLevi Jungreis, Z`tl.
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THE MESSAGE IS STILL LOUD AND CLEAR
As I reported in past columns, our Hineni group visited the Jewish communities in Moscow and Kiev, and these encounters were truly inspiring.


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Berdichev
Much of Europe was flooded as our Hineni group made its way to visit the kevarim- the grave sites of our holy sages in the Ukraine
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Babi Yar
When Cain killed his brother, G-d called out to him and said, "The blood of your brother cries out from the earth.."
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Struggles of a Ba`al Tshuva
Where do I start? I`m certain that many people ask you that. I feel so burdened and so hurt.
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South African Jewry - A Very Special Community
I have spent the last ten days in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and it has been the most amazing experience.
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The Uninformed Ethicist
In the 10/27/02 issue of The New York Times Magazine Section, a response in The Ethicist column left me outraged.
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The Two Faces of a Husband
Is it possible to change an individual, who, despite the fact that he is observant remains callous and indifferent to the feelings of others?

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Looks and Words That Hurt
I am a young married girl in my low twenties. Unfortunately, I am having trouble conceiving.


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THE TWO FACES OF A HUSBAND
My eight year old son wreaks havoc in our home. No matter what I do, I can`t reach him.


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I Just Can`t Take It Anymore
Sixteen years ago, my husband died suddenly of a heart attack. He had never been sick - the tragedy hit me from nowhere.
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Just Ten Days
It`s difficult to believe that it was just ten days ago that I left New York. So much has transpired in that time. I started out in Antwerp, Belgium where I had the privilege of addressing members of the Jewish community.
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Just Ten Days
(Continued)
After a whirlwind visit to kever Avos, the grave sites of my ancestors in Hungary, we were on our way to the airport to catch a midnight flight to Tel Aviv.
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Just Ten Days
(Conclusion)
This was one of those rare occasions when I had the zchut to be in Yerushalayim for Chanukah.
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It`s Not Just A Guide-A Response to the New York Times
It is rather amazing how The New York Times consistently manages to offend the Torah community - and this holds true not only in regard to Israel, but to the Jewish faith itself.
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Taking a Second Look at Divorce
I have been sitting at this computer for days thinking about writing you, but never had the courage. This past Shabbos, I said that I must reach out to someone who might just care.
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Taking a Second Look At Divorce
Although divorce has become a sad reality in American Jewish life, it is not at all what people think it is; not only is it not a solution to a difficult situation, but most often, it generates even greater problems.
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Making the Best of a Difficult Situation
Although you graciously wrote that you do not seek a response, that you realize that there is no solution to your dilemma, I have nevertheless chosen to respond
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Taking a Second Look at Divorce -The Readers Respond
As I mentioned in my previous column, I have received a large volume of mail from our readers on my series of articles “Rethinking Divorce,” and I will now share some of them with you. Obviously, it is impossible to print every letter, so please forgive me if yours is not among those published. Nevertheless, please accept my appreciation for your thoughts, your efforts, and the time you took to write.
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Rethinking Divorce - The Readers Respond
(Conclusion)

Special Note: I have intentionally left this letter as the concluding one in my series, for it offers chizuk - strength and hope.
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Shadows of the Past and the Pintele Yid
I was in Berlin, Germany to address Jewish university students, the members of the Jewish community and the Congress of Jewish Physicians and Scientists.

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In the Merit of Our Fathers
Some time ago, I made myself a promise that whenever I speak abroad in proximity to Hungary, I would visit kever avos - the grave sites of my great-grandfathers and my father-in-law, zichronam l`Vracha.
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What Does It All Mean?
In the wake of the Columbia Shuttle disaster, I have received many letters from readers who expressed a desire to understand the implications of this tragedy.
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Shidduch Burn-Out
I have been toying with the idea of writing to you for the longest time, but every time that I went to my computer to begin a letter, I gave up. I guess I felt embarrassed. Also, I told myself that it would be pointless to write.
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Shidduch Burn-Out
In last week`s column I published a letter from a fifty-two year old bachelor who was very discouraged by the difficulties he encountered in finding a shidduch.
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He Who Does Not Remember History Is Bound To Repeat It
Our holidays are not just moments in time, but rather, each Yom Tov imparts a unique flavor that we must absorb and carry with us throughout the year.
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He Who Does Not Remember History is Bound To Repeat It
(Conclusion)
In last week`s column I shared with you the first part of a letter from an American gentile who lives in Munich, Germany, describing the covert and overt anti-Semitism that continues to plague that country, and for that matter, the world.
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Yesterday and Today
I was invited to speak to our Jewish brethren in Australia. Prior to my arrival in Sydney, I received a phone call from a local resident asking if I could find a few minutes during my stay to visit her elderly ailing father.
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Derech Eretz in a Shiva House
I am writing you today after having gotten up from shiva at the loss of a younger sibling, which is very painful to say the least.
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Women`s Issues
Your column is a weekly tradition at our Shabbos table. Your remarks and heartfelt comments are always right on the mark and open up views that one needs to ponder and take to heart and act on.
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Women`s Issues
Why is it that they cannot be counted in a minyan and why are there objections to women`s prayer groups?
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Women`s Issues
I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt appreciation to the many people who have written to express their good wishes for hatzlocha upon the publication of my new book, `The Committed Marriage`.
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`Where Are the Moms and Dads?`
Letter No# 1-`Can We afford These Maids?

Letter No# 2 - `Dumping on Parents`
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Where Are The Moms and the Dads?
(Continued from last week)


Special Note: In last week’s column I published two letters expressing concern at the sight of parents dumping their children on caretakers so that they might better enjoy their Pesach vacation. The first letter described the scene in a luxury hotel where children were left in the care of illiterate maids (whom the guests had brought along with them), and the second described couples returning to their parental home for Yom Tov and palming their children off on their parents or siblings so that they might be free to socialize. The following is my response:
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`Where Are the Moms and Dads? - The Readers Respond`
Two Letters

Letter # 1 “Poor Little Rich Children”

Dear Rebbetzin Jungreis:

I have a feeling that you will be inundated with endless letters and stories relating to those shared in your article entitled “Where Are the Moms and Dads?” I am compelled to share with you two of my own experiences.

Second Letter: “A Father’s Confession”
Dear Rebbetzin Jungreis:
Thank you for the very compelling and insightful analysis of derech eretz. It touches upon a subject that has also troubled me for some time - even before I became a father. I have always advocated that children learn and do what they see and hear.
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`Where Are the Moms and the Dads?` (Continued from last week)
Special Note: For the past few weeks, we have been discussing the sad state of little children who are abandoned to the care of maids. The letters keep pouring in, and many disturbing ramifications of this terrible neglect have come to light. Obviously, I cannot publish all of them, but I would like to express my appreciation to the many people who have taken the time to write. I would however, like to share one letter with you, for it highlights the problem and also focuses on yet another aspect of this crisis
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`It Can Happen to the Best of Kids`
The Rebbetzin’s Viewpoint

The letter that you published from `A concerned mother` who described the goings on amongst teenagers struck a sensitive chord. Unfortunately, she was right on target.
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`Youth Without Vision`
Where is all this going? What can be done?-Youth Without Vision
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Making Gemachs a Real Act of Kindness Two Letters Two Views
Making Gemachs a Real Act of Kindness Two Letters Two Views
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Gemachs Giving With a Full Heart
Gemachs Giving With a Full Heart
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There`s Nothing Realistic About Our Reality
There`s Nothing Realistic About Our Reality
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Will Your Grandchildren Remain Jews?
Will Your Grandchildren Remain Jews?
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A Wake Up Call - More on Yeshiva Girls

An American Tisha B`Av

Our Only Road Map

`Crises in Faith - Two Letters`

Crises in Faith (Conclusion)

Wake-Up Call

Superstition Or _ _ _ ?

Superstition Or ...(Conclusion)

Have We Turned Into Wood?

The Lack of Chizuk

Lack of Chizuk

Even Our Enemies Sing Our Praise

Is This Something to Parade About?

Yeshiva Pressure - At What Price?

Yeshiva Pressure - At What Price?

It`s Real Cool

Look in the Mirror

Another Aspect to the Shidduch Problem

From Csenger to Jerusalem

Are You Angry?

Not Just Doing Differently, But Becoming Different

More on Spoiling Our Children

Fire In Jerusalem

Spoiling Our Children" (Conclusion)

Pharaoh Would Not Know Joseph

Once Again, A Message From Space

Poverty of the Soul

Our Readers Respond

A Different Shidduch Problem

It Is As It Was

Inviting G-d into Your Life

Inviting G-d Into Your Life - Three Little Words

`Answering the Call of G-d`

`Certain Issues Never Go Away`

`Certain Issues Never Go Away` (Conclusion)

`We Have The Silver Bullet`

`Out of Control and Out and Out Rude`

`Traitors in Our Midst`

`Out of Control - Out and Out Rude` (Continued)

`Out and Out Rude` (Continued)

`It`s Scary`

If You Have It, What Else Do You Need?

`Dimitri`

`From Moscow to Jerusalem`

`The Power of Praying In Hebron`

`Will You Have Jewish Grandchildren?`

`A Jewish Personal Problem`

`A Jewish Personal Problem` (Conclusion)

`Family Problems`

`Family Problems` (Conclusion)

`When In-Laws Don`t Get Along`

`Visiting Day`

`Going Back - Remembering`

`Going Back - Going Forward`

`To Forgive When Forgiveness Is Not Asked`

`To Forgive When Forgiveness Is Not Asked` (Conclusion)

`Visiting Day` (Conclusion)

`Visiting Day`(Conclusion)

`Whatever Happened to Derech Eretz?`

`Whatever Happened to Derech Eretz?` (Conclusion)

`Shidduchim - Singles Are Also Guilty` Two Letters

`Shidduchim - Singles Are Also Guilty` (Continued from last week)

`Tired of Living - Afraid of Dying`

`Tired of Living - Afraid of Dying` (Conclusion)

Pintele Yid

`Still Single & Happy`

`More On The Shidduch Scene From Our Readers`

Meeting with the President

`More On the Shidduch Scene From Our Readers` (Continued)

More On the Shiduch Scene (Conclusion)

`The Scars of Terror`

`Tsunami - Yet Another Wake-Up Call`

`Our Russian Brethren`

`Our Soldiers`

`Should Shrimp Be An Issue?`

`Yet Another Wake-Up Call`

`Should Shrimp Be An Issue?`

`The Pain of a Widow` (Two Letters)

`The Pain of a Widow` (Conclusion)

`The Many Faces of the Shidduch Scene`

`The Many Faces of Shidduchim - The Secular World` (Continued)

`Not Survival But Triumph`

`The Many Faces of Shidduchim` (Conclusion)

`Coincidence or Mikreh?`

`The Many Faces of Shidduchim` Conclusion

`The Many Faces of Shidduchim`*

`The Many Faces of Shidduchim` (Conclusion)

`Mothers With Blinders`
I am a woman in my late forties, blessed, Baruch Hashem, with a beautiful family of children and grandchildren. Pesach is always a very special time for me - a time when all my children come home to celebrate the Yom Tov together. I have never really minded the work involved, although it is very exhausting and taxing.
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`An Opportunity Lost`
“March of the Living” - what exactly does that mean? How do you march for the dead? And more significantly, how do you march for those who were tortured, slaughtered, and endured a thousand and one deaths?
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`The Divine Light in the Jewish Soul`

`Irreparable Damage`
Time and again, the awesome truth of our Torah way of life is brought home to us. And so it was this past week, when the Newsweek scandal erupted. Newsweek, a highly respected American publication which is read throughout the world, reported that American soldiers at Guantanimo Military Base in Cuba flushed pages of the Koran down the toilet.
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`Reaching Out, Touching Hearts`

`A Beautiful People`

Mazel-Less

`Mazel-Less` (Conclusion)

`More on Mazel-Less`

`Mothers and Shidduchim`
Two Letters

`Mothers and Shidduchim`
(Two Letters)

`The Pain of our People`

`More On Mothers and Shidduchim`

`Wake Up Calls`

`How Will History Judge Us?`

`A Yeshiva Man`s Perspective on Shidduchim` Two Letters

`The Bitter and the Sweet`

`The Bitter and the Sweet`
(Continued from last week)

`Ayn Od Milvado
There Is No One Else Beside Him`

`A Loving Embrace From Above`

`How Can I Pray?`

`A Long Journey Home` (Conclusion)

Shidduchim -The Man`s Point of View

`Shidduchim - A Male Point of View` Response

`Shidduchim - A Male Point of View` (Continued from last week)

`What Is In A Name?`

`What Is In A Name` (Conclusion)

`On Behalf of Orthodox Single Women`

`Understanding That Which Our Eyes Behold`

`G-d Fingerprints In History`

`From a Jew Living In France`

`What`s Wrong With Her`

`What`s Wrong With Her` (Continued from last week)

`What`s Wrong With Her?` (Our Readers Respond)

`The Enemy Within`

`The Flip Side` (Two Letters)

`The Flip Side` (Continued from last week)

`The Frustrations of Finding Your Basherte` (The Male Perspective)

`The Frustrations of Finding Your Basherte` (The Readers Respond: In My Next Life, I want to be Born In Boro Park!)

Personal and Global Concerns

`Can this Be Happening?`

HELP STOP INTERMARRIAGE!

`The Tragedy That Has Befallen Us`

`The Many Voices of Israel`

Zachor

`When In-Laws Are Not On the Same Page` (Two Letters)

`When In-Law`s Are Not On The Same Page`(Continued from last week)

`A Second Chance`

`A Second Chance` (Conclusion)

`More On the Shidduch Scene`

More On the ShidduchScene

`More on the Shidduch Scene` (Continued)

`Only In America!`
I am writing this article en route to Hineni. It is Thursday evening, and I am rushing back to New York to teach my Torah class. For the past three days, I have been in Washington, where I had the privilege of participating in a most awesome event.
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`Holocaust Today - Our Readers Respond`
In last week’s column, I shared with you the experiences of my induction into the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C. Subsequently, I received many letters and e-mails from readers throughout the world conveying their good wishes.
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`Holocaust Today` (Continued from last week)
As inconceivable as it may be, as difficult as it may be to comprehend, the dark clouds of Holocaust are once again looming above us. It is only sixty short years since that unspeakable evil enveloped our planet, and yet, genocide has once again become a reality to contend with.
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`Easy Things We Can Do To Make A Difference`
Most often, the letters that come to my desk are requests for solutions to problems. Every once in a while, though, great suggestions come my way, and such is the following letter.
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`Things That We Can All Do`
“Es tzoro hee l’Yaakov” - These are days of tribulation for our people. “Ayn bayis sh’ayn shom mais” - There is practically no family that is not affected by some sort of problem or sorrow. So many wrenching, tragic events which affect us as individuals or as a nation.
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`Almost Destroyed`
Dear Rebbetzin Jungreis: I was deeply moved by your column, “Little Things That We Can All Do”. I especially related to your suggestion that we all learn how to smile.
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`Almost Destroyed`
In last week’s column, I published a letter from a young man, who, during his adolescence, was a “a boy at risk,” While his life has turned around radically, and he now has, Baruch HaShem, a beautiful family, he nevertheless felt impelled to write...
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`Not At Risk` but the `Raw End of the Deal`
Every Wednesday, when the Jewish Press comes out, the first thing I do is to open your column. I almost flipped when I read this week’s article. You see, Rebbetzin, I am a divorced woman who has full custody of my kids.
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`Almost Destroyed` (Conclusion)
For the past few weeks, I have published letters from parents of “children at risk” unfortunately, I could continue publishing these letters for a long time to come, because the response has been so overwhelming.
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`I Should Have Investigated`
Dear Rebbetzin: Two years ago, my son got married to a girl from Europe. My son was brought up in Brooklyn, frum, chassidish, and was looking for a frum from birth bright girl.
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`I Should Have Investigated` (Continued from last week)
Special Note: In last week’s column, I published a letter from a tormented woman who agonized over the fact that she did not adequately investigate the shidduch of her son.
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`No One Is Beyond Redemption`
Once again, I feel constrained to interrupt the sequence of my articles in order to share with you some highlights of my recent trip to Germany, Hungary, and Eretz Yisrael and B’ezrat HaShem, next week, I will respond to the shidduch problems which have been under discussion.
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`Shall Your Brothers Go To Battle While You Sit Here?`
As much as I had planned to respond to the shidduch problems presented by letter writers several weeks ago, the crisis in Eretz Yisrael demands immediate comment. How can a Jew focus on any other subject? How can we remain silent?
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`Let Us Not Be Cruel`
I was hoping against hope that, by now, the situation in Eretz Yisrael would have eased up, but if anything, we see an escalation with no end in sight. The images of our brethren do not leave me for even a minute.
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`When Will We Get It?`

How Can You Sleep

`Are We Listening to Our Messages?`

`Memories That Don`t Fade`
Of all our Yom Tovim, it is Pesach that has a special hold on every Jew - not only because it is the celebration of the birth of our nation, our liberation from bondage, but more significantly, it was that exodus led to the ultimate fulfillment of our lives - receiving the Torah Sinai.
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