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Taxing Our Nerves

It’s tax time again. “Again?” you’re asking. “Didn’t we just do our taxes last year?” I know! It snuck up on all of us this

Great Golem

In the world of comic books, who is the strongest superhero ever? For many experts, the top ten includes Superman, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The

The Redemptive Power of Eruvin

The Ba’al Shem Tov The Ba’al Shem Tov (cited in Mikveh Mayim 3:6 and elsewhere) is quoted (in Mikveh Mayim 3:6 and elsewhere) as interpreting

Hidden Miracles

This Shabbat we read both the parshiyot Chukat and Balak. This is not a common occurrence and it happens only on a year when Shavuot

Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy

Reviewing: “Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy” by Chaim I. Waxman. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press.

Smile! Make My Day

Several weeks ago, I received a call from a friend who lamented that he was lonely; since the beginning of the lockdown he has been

What Would You Do?

“Ew, a Jew.” I heard the statement through the grapevine only a few days ago, yet according to a friend I heard it a year

Miscellaneous Twains VI

After a long hiatus, I ran into Mark Twain recently who was eager to share some of his thoughts on recent current events. He began

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