Life

Armed (With Tefillin) And Not Dangerous

When I lived in Nashville I got used to the people at the airport pulling out my tefillin and getting ...

Hey, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel has a new book out! But it’s not about the Holocaust. And it’s not another ...

I tend to make my real New Years Resolutions in September for Rosh Hashanah, but this year I am making ...

Your son is at five your master, at ten your servant, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend ...

“More Jews are buried in Helena [, Montana] than currently live here,” notes this new New York Times article about ...

One should not promise a child something, and then not give it to him, because as a result, the child ...

Apparently good Christian teens don’t hug members of the opposite sex these days. If you want to express affection without ...

Rabbi Judah ben Tabai said: If anyone had said to me before I entered high office, “Assume that office,” my ...

In Jewish practice, on the thirtieth day after a person dies, the mourners observe sheloshim — a lessening in severity ...

I love the Fall. I love leaves changing colors, and sitting inside sipping hot chocolate and walking around in rustic-looking ...