Sukkot
5 min read
It’s an incongruous site: An Israeli soldier stands amid the rubble of a building in Lebanon, holding a child's plush Torah scroll. It is the kind of toy children receive for Simchat Torah, so they can join the joyous dancing with a Torah of their own. This toy Torah scroll traveled through the darkest chapter […]
Human Interest
8 min read
When my husband and I got married, we didn’t just become a couple. We became a family. Each of us came into the marriage with two children, and over the years, our household grew to eight children altogether. We have now been on this journey for more than 30 years, long enough to watch those […]
My parents grew up in the days where if you went to cheder (Jewish religious school), the Rebbe would smack your knuckles with a ruler. At work, they were told, "If you don't come to work on Saturday, don't come on Monday." My father's family was very poor. His mother had to pawn her wedding […]
What started as Macklemore’s hijacking of Ed Sheeran’s concert tour via a Free Palestine message has spiraled into international news, reigniting the Israel/Palestine debate, and almost canceling Ed Sheeran’s tour altogether. Patriots owner Robert Kraft tried to silence Macklemore. Ed Sheeran tried to remain silent. And Jewish singer/songwriter Pink inserted herself into the debacle commenting […]
