I have a love-hate relationship with my phone. On the one hand, it provides me with so much information, instant access to email, social media and the ability to call any friend on my contact list, without having to memorize numbers, or call 411-directory assistance (remember that?). In short, my… Read More
Today is the Tu Bishvat Jewish Holiday. That’s one of the lesser known holidays in the Jewish calendar. It falls on the 15th of the month of Shevat which is the lunar month that coincides with January or February, depending on the year. It’s the celebration of trees. It’s the… Read More
As an Orthodox Jew, the concept of making a “kiddush Hashem,” which literally translates to sanctifying the name of G-d, is a meaningful idea for me. The general implication of that phrase is that as Orthodox Jews, we are to represent ourselves as good, upstanding people, or as we say… Read More
I’ve been thinking nostalgically about the good old days when politics wasn’t fraught with so much tension. A favorite song of mine, “Try to Remember” from the musical, “The Fantasticks” comes to mind. It’s a lovely melody with longing and nostagia for better times. Later on in the song, the… Read More
Sometimes we need the “why” to motivate us to do the hard work. Adults and children do well with incentives and rewards, and few of us do the hard work of life without some kind of payoff. When it comes to weight loss, it’s important to discover and then articulate… Read More
