The Way It Is: Master Move
My late father, a truly warm, sincere, and wonderful person, was both a gentleman and a gentle man. He also happened to be a chess master. He played some...
Schmutter: A Sad, Sad Tail
“Shushan Medical Group, please hold.”
“Hi, this is Queen Vashti, and I’m calling about a skin cond — Great.”
Hold music plays. “At Shushan Medical Group, we prioritize care for our...
Squirrely Situations, Part 1
By Hannah Berman
This will be a trilogy. Not because I want it to be, but because it just is.
Over the years, I have had a unique relationship with those...
WATCH: Bibi Enjoying the snow
The Prime Minister of Israel Bibi Netanyahu, enjoyed the snow in front of his home in Jerusalem with a playful snowball fight
‘Bout Brittney and Bowe
We don’t always deserve what we get. For the crime of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics into Russia, Brittney Griner, a star basketball player, did not deserve the harsh...
Comparing Apples To Apples
Most people have heard the following proverb: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” My contemporaries and I grew up hearing that and were taught the simple meaning—that...
Zeh Kapparasi
Of all the things that could be running through your head when you’re waiting in line for kapparos on a busy erev Yom Kippur, I feel like the main...
Espresso Cake
By Mordechai Schmutter
You can always tell what time of year it is by reading the news. For example, I just read an Associated Press article titled “Austrian Thieves Make...
When It Rains, It Pours
As I wrote in last week’s column, we were concerned about the weather forecast for the weekend of Shavuos. We were bracing ourselves for three days of steady rain....
The Way It Is: Size vs. Speed
In most physical confrontations and competitions, size is a major consideration. The most notable example of this might be in the world of boxing. There were traditionally eight weight...