1 Minute Insight: Closeness to Hashem In Elul!
Just as you have to pass by the thorn to get to the beauty of the rose, so follows the process of teshuva during the month of Elul.
1 Minute Tisha B’Av Insight: Why Is It Called Av?
Why would the saddest month of the year, Av, be called “father?”
She Didn’t See Me As A Person, But Now I’ll Never Make That Mistake
My second day as a working mother began with a bus ride to drop my 5 week old baby with his sitter. I prepared as best as I could, mapping the route in advance, checking the MTA schedule, packing a diaper bag, bottles of pumped milk, and my own lunch. I would soon discover how […]
What Does The Torah Say About Plagiarism?
Melania did it, Obama did it, but the Torah says you better not and here’s why:
Pokemon Go? Um, No: Jew in the City Unplugged
Millions of people are going out to collect these things, but once you’re going out in the world in search of something aren’t there more meaningful things to find?
A Kiddush Hashem In A Most Unexpected Place
As I rode the bus on the way home from work, I tried to grade papers, but given the close quarters, it was hard not to overhear the conversations of the other riders. Most of them discussed the weather with their seatmate or spoke with a friend over their cell phone. After several new passengers boarded at […]
