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November 13, 2014

Yahrzeit Reflections

Just last week someone asked me if my personality was more like that of my mother or my father. My first thought was that I

Retrospection on Elections

Happy Election Month! (I’m actually writing this article on Election Day itself, but I always write these well in advance of when they’re published.) Recently,

Englewood Jam

Yaakov Karasick playing jamming with Eitan Katz for Yachad Shabbaton on Motzei Shabbos at East Hill Synagogue in Englewood.

Mother-in-Law, Part Deux

I received a lot of feedback on my first installation of my series “How to Be the Perfect Mother-in-Law.” Most of that feedback, surprisingly, was

From the Mouths of Babes

“Mommy, I wanna stay with Tali in her school and learn stuff.” Sorry Batya, you’re smart but not quite ready for high school. “Mommy, I’m

The World Before Nannies

The other day we overheard a discussion going on at the checkout lines at Cedar Market. We weren’t eavesdropping; it was a “normal” discussion between

The Falls Runs Through It

The magnificently plummeting 77-foot high Great Falls of the Passaic River powered the glory days of Paterson, NJ (from 1800 to the latter half of

Where Have All the Manners Gone

There’s a lot to be said for those famous southern manners and warm hospitality, which I experienced recently during a vacation and family bar mitzvah

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