It’s Shavuot, and while I am here, my wife is at a synagogue where they will spend much of the night in study. This, along with some fine blintzes we had tonight is one of the nicer customs of...
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Shabbat shalom u’me’nucha
Okay people, have a lovely shabbat.
Posthumous Honorary Jewliciousness
Anne Bancroft has passed away. She was born to Italian parents, and was presumably Catholic. However, being married to Melvin Kaminsky, AKA Mel Brooks, definitely rubbed off. Farewell Ms. Bancroft...
“Right of Return?”
The first clause of the UN High Commission for Refugees Convention for the Status of Refugees defines a refugee thus: A person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has...
Education tidbit
I have just met a parent from a two-professional couple. They are Modern Orthodox with 3 kids. As our discussion progressed, I learned that 2 of the three kids are now in public school and...
Which came first, dinosaurs or Adam and Eve?
Yup, today I had to field that one. “Daddy, there’s something that doesn’t make sense. Did dinosaurs come before Adam and Eve, or after? I thought dinosaurs came before people...