It’s been close to three and a half decades since movie audiences heard the fictitious Gabriel Krichinsky exclaim, “You cut the toikey (sic) without me?”
Regardless of how you feel about Election Day, in general, or about the upcoming Election Day, in particular, next Tuesday will put an end to
Erroneously ascribed to Mark Twain is the phrase:“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” With apologies to Charles Dudley Warner, a
When it comes to the High Holidays, especially Yom Kippur, it would not be overstating it to say that the Yiddish word bett plays a
Imagine—if you will—what the prevalent mood would be among our people if the message of Elul were taken seriously. Buying a new dress for Rosh
Last month, my wife and I were in Israel. Aside from visiting family, our purpose for going was to show solidarity. Ever since last October,
It has been said that tears are the silent language of mourning. With the imminent arrival of Tisha B’Av, the lugubrious day when we collectively
Finding ourselves in the dog days of summer, I discovered that my Yiddish book of aphorisms has much to say about man’s best friend. Yet,
No one can dispute the fact that historically, we Jews have had more than our fair share of anguish and suffering. This Tuesday—the 17th of
A little less than two months ago, a prominent newspaper ran an article about travelers kvetching about figuring out how to turn on the lights
For Jews steeped in their heritage, there are two mountains of significance: Mount Moriah and Mount Sinai. The former evokes Abraham’s faith in Hashem; the
One would think that the world of our Eastern European ancestors held the teachings of our holy Torah in the highest esteem. Yet, Yiddish aphorisms
