Remember the days of “there’s no I in team?” Boy, are those long gone… We all know they’ve been replaced with “there’s I everywhere”—iPhones, iPads,

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Reviewing: “The Land of Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teachings,” by Jeffrey Rubenstein. 2018. The Jewish Publication Society. Paperback. English. 328 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0827613089. “Those who

After around 80 years, I do not remember much about my teachers, but I do recollect some faces. I remember hearing about a Studienrat (not

(Courtesy of Black Box) Black Box PAC’s first main stage show of 2019 is “Significant Other” by Joshua Harmon. BBPAC is no stranger to Harmon’s

I’m in middle of a diet. I’m always in middle of a diet. And as is the tradition when someone is in middle of a

Baseball legend Yogi Berra once remarked: “It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.” This Yogi-ism accurately describes the scene

In 1940, it is estimated that, despite Nazi laws forbidding it, about 7,000 Jews remained underground in Berlin. Concealed in attics, basements and warehouses, and

I love having SINAI students and faculty as part of our Ma’ayanot family. It is a testament to the culture of SINAI, Ma’ayanot and the

For years, Modern Orthodoxy has fought hard to allow elements of secular culture into the Torah world. Modern Orthodoxy must now face a new challenge,

The word “chidah” (chet-yod-dalet-heh) appears 17 times in Tanach in various forms. The basic meaning of “chidah” seems to be a riddling question. (But sometimes

During the past few years I have perused the advertisements in our community’s wonderful weekly publications. Based on those advertisements, I have come to a