Post-Conversion Situations and Complications
… I really must say that this book about conversion and the halachic ramifications is fascinating and appropriate for laymen like myself.
Category: Family Values
Wishing you a Delicious New Year! Klita N’ima #3
New olim, and some veterans/vatikim, long to know the names of various foods and prepared dishes. Here’s a handy helper for Rosh HaShana fare (there are only 15.5 days left for you to cook it up!). Compare the English-language message to the Hebrew version (I want to give a hat …
Harvey and Heels and Hakarat Hatov
When I was very young, my father had to take a job in far off Louisiana to help support our family. To put off the parting a few more days, the family drove together down south. I have no memory of how we got back…if we flew or if my …
Israeli Demographics by Religious Level
Religious levels in Israel – the issues that make us see red
Day of Love – Religious Style
What is secular and what is religious? Is the divide really so great? Do we really love so differently? I don’t think so.
On Becoming a Grandfather
There are many significant milestones in a person’s life. They celebrate a bar/bat mitzva; a wedding; birth of children; their first political post on Facebook (ok, maybe that is not so significant!), among other stages. This past week, my wife and I reached a new milestone: We became grandparents! So, …
How to Open a Puzzling Lock
Are you dealing with a personality that you don’t understand? Look at the lock. Melt the pin with love and acceptance. It can help you, too, even if the situation is such that you need to call for professional help.
The Story of Ruth & Naomi is Not About “Loving the Stranger”
Maybe I should call this post: Jerusalem Post Promotes Intermarriage I got very aggravated on Shavuot after reading the first/main article in the Jerusalem Post’s Holiday Magazine, LOVING THE STRANGER: THE TIMELESS MESSAGE OF THE STORY OF RUTH by Lee Caspi, because Caspi got it all wrong. On my first reading, …
No Stories to Tell – A Shrink’s Journey to Orthodox Judaism
Life goes better when someone else makes the mistakes but you benefit from them, right? If you agree with that, you’re gonna LUV this book review. PS – Sharing is one thing, but re-publishing my work in a different forum (print, broadcast or online) is another. NOBODY has the right …