Seasonal Rush
As people age, they tend to feel that the years fly by faster and faster. I often wondered why this is so, and I believe I recently discovered the...
This Week’s News Roundup (Satire)
By Rafi Metz
What if Democrats Keep Their Majorities in Congress? Here’s a Preview of Their Legislative Agenda
If you’re wondering what the Democrats plan on doing if they manage to...
Cutting Out The Stress
A bris is one of the most chilled simchas for everyone involved, except the baby. And maybe the mohel. (And probably the sandak.)
There’s a lot less pressure than with...
Sukkos Minhagim, Chelek Beis
I have a minhag to come up with minhagim for each yom tov that are not actually minhagim, but that my kids might think are minhagim if I...
Trouble Revisited
Occasionally I forget what I will endure if I ask my beloved son Robby to help me with any problem I might be having that relates to something electronic....
Where’s The Snake?
You’ll be happy to know that the snake is out of our house, so you can resume coming over. As much as you were, I guess.
For those who don’t...
The Sukkah Swap
Fifty years ago, my husband, Arnie (a.k.a. Hubby), and I spent countless hours sukkah shopping. It seemed like every few years we needed to enlarge our sukkah. Our first...
Lost And Found
It was a warm and sultry Shabbos when my daughter Gitti and her husband, Joe, walked from Woodmere to Lawrence to participate in a Shabbos sheva berachot. After the...
Youth Minyan
Should you bring your kids to shul? This is a question that has been pestering Jewish fathers since the time of Yaakov and Eisav.
Your wife says yes. But we’re...
Hay Is For Horses
As a child, if for some reason I called to someone by saying, “Hey,” my mother would say, “Hay is for horses!”
Like many other expressions my elders used, I...