There are two ways to buy someone a Chanukah present: Ask them point blank what they need. Take a wild guess and hope they like

When I was a parent of small children, whenever I’d have a hard time, people would tell me, “Just wait until they become teenagers!” I

We have to do something to improve the way we do Shalosh Seudos because people aren’t taking it seriously. Do you know any family that

I don’t know why dentists don’t give their toys out until right before you leave. They should give their toys out when you get there.

Every year, I write about the Ig Nobel Prizes, which is a real ceremony that hands out awards for scientific studies that at first seem

How come when you say that a person is yeshivish, you mean it as a good thing, but when you say that a car is

We now present part two of my article about why brissin are easily one of the least stressful simchas to make. If you missed last

Brissin are one of the most chilled simchas, for everyone involved except probably the baby. And maybe the mohel. (And probably the sandak.) There’s a

Everything you’ve been told is a lie. Including this, because it’s not literally everything. But definitely most of what you’ve been told as a little

I have a minhag to come up with a list of minhagim for each Yom Tov that might not actually be minhagim, but that my

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

By Mordechai Schmutter I think I’ve figured out why I seem to be losing my memory. And it’s not because I’m getting older. I mean,