My first-grader, Heshy, just had something called a “Recycling Fair” in school. A few weeks ago, he came home with a note saying that his
Today we bring you some exciting new studies in the field of losing weight. Losing weight is a subject that weighs heavily (ouch) on the
A while back, I wrote a couple of columns on annoying expressions that people use all the time. For example, you can be speaking to
I would have to say that Chinese auctions are, hands-down, the best type of auction. Unless you count those car auctions that people are always
I don’t think most of my younger siblings have home phones. Sure, most of them are still in the apartment phase. But for instance, I
Recently, our shul organized a game of shul basketball—although “organized” is a very strong word. (“Shul basketball” is like real basketball, except that the players
This week’s column is about dentists. Nothing to do with the fact that, in the last week, you ate about 500 bags of candy. Maybe
I don’t drink on Purim—unless you count a half a cup of Bartenura, which, for some reason, no one ever does. I almost never drink,
My son Daniel came home with a gerbil the other day. These kids pick up the weirdest things in school. Yes, his morah sent it
Most of what I know about Tu B’Shvat, I learned as an adult. As a kid, I don’t think I was taught that much about
I seriously dread Parent-Teacher conferences. And I say this as a teacher (I teach high school English at a local mesifta.) As a parent, I
I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say: it is not easy to figure out what to buy people for Chanukah. Especially
