Around Pesachtime, I usually offer some kind of advice column. Sukkottime I don’t. But I should. People need advice for Sukkot too. We have men building houses, keeping plants alive and dancing in public, and none of these are our strong suits. So here goes:

Dear Mordechai,

The Don Glaser Jazz Trio will be performing at Jules Bistro on two Sunday evenings, October 8 and October 22, from 7:30 until 10:30. Glaser will be performing with Peter Traunmueller on drums and Nate Brown on bass.

Their style has been compared to the Nat King Cole Trio.

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We returned to the shop about 5:00, and I told Sol that I had to speak to him. When everyone left, I went into the office and asked him if he had ever done a storefront job like this one. He said this was his first one. I then told him what I thought... and he agreed with me and

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In June of 2013 I contacted a Boris Feldblyum who lived in Potomac, Maryland. I have no recollection from where I received his name and address, but as it turned out this contact would be of the greatest importance and

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Reviewing “Sukkot Is Coming!” by Tracy Newman, illustrated by Viviana Garofoli. Kar-Ben Publishing, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. Hardcover, 12 pages, 2017. ISBN 978-1-5124-0828-7.

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During the 16 years I lived in Florida, I saw 80-year-olds who played tennis weekly, an 85-year-old who actively owned three Walgreens, and an 88-year-old who supervised the construction of an 80,000-square-foot school building on a daily basis. Due to great strides in medicine, life expectancy has increased to over 80 years old in

This week, our community joined too many others who have confronted the impossible task of saying goodbye to a young person stolen from this world, robbed from us by the dreaded illness of addiction. In her 23 years on earth, Miriam made an indelible impression on so many who already miss her terribly. While we were coronating God,

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h.

This week we learned Sanhedrin 71. These are some highlights.

Sanhedrin 71: Why do we say