Doing My Elul Jumping Jacks
Tonight I saw the almost-full moon rising in the sky, and felt the panic of a procrastinator who realizes that the big end-of-year exam he thought was weeks away is in fact tomorrow morning. Elul is almost half over, and where am I? Rebbetzin Esther Baila Schwartz pointed out in her class this week that […]
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Beautiful
I saw a girl yesterday wearing this on a t-shirt, and loved it! Unfortunately it’s easier to wear it and love it than live it…
Read MoreMy Daughter, the Soldier–No Longer
Next week my 21-year-old daughter, Maayan, will be discharged from the Israeli Air Force upon completing her 2 years of military service. In honor of this momentous milestone, this morning Josh and I and some of our kids attended Maayan’s going-away party at her base along with around 30 of her friends, coworkers and commanders. […]
Read MoreOur Shabbat Guest’s Scary Question
This past Friday night we hosted a group of 28 students from a top Canadian university, Jews and non-Jews. It was beautiful, sweeter than honey, as usual. At one point, a non-Jewish student came to talk with me one-on-one in the kitchen. “I wanted to ask you…my friends warned me not to tag my social […]
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