Barbara Sofer

The military terminology isn't metaphorical. Only those with a soldier's strength and stoicism can take on the harsh conditions, the constant discomfort of blazing trails of Judaism through rugged terrain...

In Bread and Fire, a new book edited by Rivkah Slonim, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Binghamton, N.Y., women talk frankly about shadowed areas of Jewish life.

The recent marriage of Ben-Tzion and Rochel Groner survived tragedies challenges at every corner.