When you were a kid and someone rang the doorbell, it was exciting. Easily the highlight of your day. And it was always someone you
Part II The story so far: In the times of the Yevanim, a group of soldiers bursts into a cave to find its occupants—three Yidden
Part I SCENE 1: Interior of a cave. Three Yidden—Azzi, Berish, and Chanina—are sitting around a table when a trio of Greek soldiers bursts in,
OK, so you made it to the vort of your friend or your neighbor or your neighbor’s friend, or whatever! In no small part thanks
So someone you know is making a simcha! Mazel tov! Now what? There are all these articles written on how to make a vort, but
Every year, I write an article about the Ig Nobel Prizes—a real, live ceremony wherein mostly scientists receive awards for studies that sound silly but
About once a year, I run an article about some of the new foods that are out there, with a primary focus on trends—what’s in
I enjoy complaining about Daylight-Saving Time as much as the next guy, but this new law that the government is trying to pass is not
So we’ve had birds in our house for two weeks now. And we all have holes in our fingers. (NOTE: This article was written shortly
A while back, I wrote an article about having teenagers in your house. (I advised against.) But you can’t help it. They keep getting in.
So we have two parakeets. Mind you, we don’t own the parakeets. We’re hosting them for Yom Tov. We have parakeets the same way we’re
From time to time, I run a Yom Tov article that is really not written for you, apparently—it’s just a way of recording my family’s
