What my teachers never taught me

Oh my G-d. (Don't want to offend anyone by spelling it out) Because, Lord knows, everyone has to weigh in on this. Mahara't? Rabbah?...

Last night, at the New York Jewish Film Festival , I watched a movie called Eyes Wide Open, a movie about Aaron, an ultra-Orthodox butcher i...

This is the greeting offered by one of my co-workers. Well, I admit, it did make me chuckle. I then explained to her the meaning (as I under...

My former brother in law, whom I don't think ever reads my blog, mercifully, seems to have picked me to debate Judaism with. A silly sor...

Yesterday was visiting day at my son's camp, so despite the fact that this is his last year, we made the long (170 miles each way) trip ...

The violence going on in Israel between the Chareidim (ultra orthodox) and non - Chareidim really disturbs me. ( Story here) The gist of i...

So, it has been more than a year, maybe closer to two since I have posted, but I have decided, on a whim, to try to get back into it. There ...