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A well spouse, Sheila, came to a simcha. She spent an inordinate amount of time making all the arrangements for her sick husband so she could attend.

Question: How have rising prices affected your buying decisions?

Every spring and summer, there is renewed activity throughout Poland regarding the preservation of Jewish cemeteries.

Question: How would you rate this year's turnout?

Some people cannot understand why others have a weight problem.

"You have such a pretty face. If only you could do something about your weight."

The phenomenon of genocide is a uniquely human creation. Since the dawn of history, it has occurred on all the inhabited continents among diverse ethnic, religious, social and geographic groups. It has caused the deaths of more people than all the wars and individual murders combined. It is difficult to predict, to prevent or to limit. Its perpetrators mostly face impunity. In sum, genocide is as pervasive as it is intractable.

Question: Will Sen. Obama's relationship with Rev. Wright affect your vote?

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, an Orthodox family is finding themselves in a battle with the hospital that is caring for their father.

Last week Irena Sendler, a true heroine, passed away.

I am writing this article as I sit in an airport waiting for a delayed plane.

Question: Israel is celebrating its 60th birthday. What does the country mean to you?

Trust is something that develops over time. As adults, we give our trust slowly, often only after testing the waters and determining that the person we trust is worthy of it or at least worthy of our chancing it.

Question: Has it been difficult adjusting to American life as a Jewish immigrant?

Last week's front page of The Jewish Press showed Crown Prince of England, Prince Charles, affixing a mezuzah to the door of a new Jewish center in Krakow, along with Rabbi Gluck, the Chief Rabbi Of Galicia and Rabbi Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi Of Poland.

Normalcy is relative. It is what you become used to. The more frequently something occurs, the more we see it as normal.

Most memoirs written by former Jewish citizens of Poland talk in detail of the Shoah, such as the book I wrote about last week, The Zoo Keeper's Wife.

In my interviews with well spouses, the theme of being caged in a box of expectations has repeated itself often.

Every year there seems to be a new bestseller with a Holocaust theme that reveals a new story of heroism in the most horrible of times.

Our communities, unfortunately, are faced with many crises in today's world.

In what has been one of the major memorial events in Poland commemorating WWII, Warsaw saw a gathering of world leaders this week at the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Coming home to a full answering machine of questions and calls, many insisting that you call back immediately to fill them in during a crisis, is the last thing anyone wants to face.

On March 13 representatives of The Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews addressed the Helsinki Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe regarding the importance and aims of its institution.

Question: How has being an observant Jew in America changed since you were growing up?

I recently attended a conference on a particular type of chronic illness that I knew little about.

Purim is major event throughout Poland. Many marginal Jews bring their whole families to the synagogue for the festive reading of the Megillah.

Crossing boarders always makes me nervous. Even though I do nothing wrong and always declare what I am carrying, I still feel unhinged.

People are on edge when it comes to the topic of anti-Semitic occurrences in Poland.

Question: What's your favorite Jewish holiday?

Throughout Jewish history there have been many defining moments.