October 2020

October 23, 2020 Meeting the Druze women who make masks in the coronavirus age By Barbara Sofer Virucidal. Metallic nano-particles. Proprietary zinc coating, whatever that means. These are the terms used to describe the Israeli cloth face mask I’ve been wearing for protection. I follow the news: the mask has reputedly aced trials in German […]

October 9, 2020 From the backwoods to Israel’s Torah By Barbara Sofer If you met this young mom in her sukkah in the city of Modi’in, her blond hair chastely covered, singing holiday songs with her husband and children, it would be hard to guess that Bracha Simcha Cramer grew up in the backwoods of