Counting the Omer with Mishka Jaeger
Creating a tarot card deck had long been on graphic designer Mishka Jaeger’s bucket list.
“I always wanted to illustrate a tarot card deck. I...
You Should Know… Rachel Finston
Rachel Finston is outraged by anti-Semitism and annoyed by the misrepresentation of Jews in the media and in literature. In response, she created a...
You Should Know… Gabriel Scheinmann (left)
Gabriel Scheinmann is executive director of the Washington-based Alexander Hamilton Society, which operates on 50 college campuses to help students get into the foreign...
The chips fall where they may with Sarah Cohen
"If somebody had told me when I was 18 that I would be making potato chips and living in the Shenandoah Valley, I would...
The good deeds of Dr. Stuart Lessans
In the Washington area, the annual Good Deeds Day of community service is itself the product of a good deed. Stuart Lessans, a retired...
Treating freewheeling emotions with Brad Sachs
By Tony Glaros
Peering at COVID-19’s roiling effects through a steady, objective lens, Brad Sachs, a Columbia psychologist, doesn’t mince words when articulating the pandemic’s...
You Should Know… Alicia DePaolo
When Alicia DePaolo was younger, she began to look for ways to bring her Jewish and musical identities together. This search led her to...
You Should Know… Hannah Wolfman-Arent
Some say it’s the sauce that makes or breaks a pizza. Others say it’s the cheese or toppings. But to Hannah Wolfman-Arent, it’s all...
Prepared and practicing patience with Hindy Bogner-Orenstein
Hindy Bogner-Orenstein has been a nurse for 37 years. But she’s never seen anything as dire as the COVID-19 units where she’s worked intermittently...
Competitive cooking with Lauren Katz
Cooking can be hard. Cooking in front of a televised national audience, even harder.
“At home you might break an egg and it might get...