There was a time in my college days when I seriously considered majoring in philosophy. The rabbinic training program in the yeshiva that I attended

I have long believed that all conflicts between people could be settled if the parties to the dispute would agree to simply sit down together

“They don’t make them the way they used to.” We have all heard this comment with reference to all sorts of things, usually tools and

The two old men couldn’t have been more different from each other. Yet, they both taught me the identical life lesson. The first, a cagey

I have a vivid memory of my first job interview. It was for a position as a counselor in a summer camp. The only preparation

You thought your life would run smoothly, right? We all do. Then, something comes off, tragic or happy, which proves to us that life is

When I was a young boy I had two distinct images of a strong man. One was of Charles Atlas. Do you remember him? If

I never thought that I would begin a discussion of the weekly Torah portion by referring to a person who was canonized as a saint

I picked him up at the airport. He was arriving in Baltimore, where I was then a rabbi, to deliver an address and then return

We met in a Jerusalem café, and I must admit that, although they recognized me, I neither recognized nor even recalled any of them. That

We have lately become accustomed to reading accounts of clergymen, teachers, and rabbis who take advantage, in very ugly ways, of the young people who

It is a story that deserves to be told. In order to fully appreciate it, some background is necessary, especially for those unfamiliar with the