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Good Hearing, Bad Speaking

You may have heard the saying, “some things are easier said than done.”

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Broken Pasta Dreams and Restored Faith

One day I was in the mood for food (well many days I am in the mood for food), but I had something very specific in mind.

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A Lawsuit with God

One of the most beautifully haunting pieces of cantorial music I have ever sung was called A lawsuit with God. An old pious Jew by the name of Berdeshever…

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T'shuvah

T'shuvah is the Hebrew word, for lack of a better term, meaning return. The Jewish writer Erich Fromm, who was also a practicing psychoanalyst, uses the word…

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Great Bad Timing

I was rushing to go to work since I started driving later than I would have liked, but I knew I had to stop to get some gas eventually.

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Bolster Your Memory

One special evening many years ago a small group of family members began sharing memorized passages from their school days.

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And They Lived Happily...

Author Richard Paul Evans has written many novels that carry the theme “and they lived happily ever after”.

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Havdalah

I’ve written in a previous article about Reuben Caplin (Ruby), my voice teacher and choral conductor at the reform temple that I sang at many years ago; well…

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The Bar Mitzvah Boys

Bobby and I were friends for as long as I can remember. We not only had a bond of close friendship, but we respected one another. Bobby had a terrific hands on…

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Rachmonis

Rachmonis (the Yiddish word for mercy and pity) I remember coming home from school many times and being very angry. Good thing my favorite person, Bubbe, was…

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Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld

Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld came into my life in the early 1960’s. He was then the senior rabbi at the Fairmount Temple in Beachwood, Ohio.

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The Power of the Book

A few years ago, in the confusion of transferring multiple pieces of luggage from one plane to another, the preacher lost one very important item.

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Meet Bat-El Gatterer, First Orthodox Jewish Female Olympian

Virtually meet Bat-El Gatterer, the first ever Orthodox Jewish Female Olympian in the history of the world and women's 2010 European featherweight champion.

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Living the Mitzvah

When my wife and I moved to North Carolina from Florida, we gave up a good support system.

Correct Terminology

Throughout the years of my marriage (almost twenty) I've tried to make my wife Yiddish savvy. She was born and raised in Florida so it's hilarious to hear her struggle to pronounce Yiddish words and…

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Tom Kapusta

Tom Kapusta loved his father. Tom was proud of his career in the military. After learning about the seventh day Sabbath Tom's faith in God was challenged in both of these areas that were dear to him.…

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Rabbi Joe Kagan

Rabbi Joe Kagan had a beautiful tenor voice. At age 13 he sang at Carnegie Hall. He was very educated and became a rabbi. In addition to his career as a rabbi he was a researcher for Ronald Reagan…

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Escape From Iran

A story of one Jewish man's escape from Iran.

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A Fishy Tale

I received a fish tank in my teens. I’m not sure if it was for my birthday or some other holiday, but the point is I got one. And I got plenty of fish I loved to watch and in my period of fish…

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Uncle Louie's Santa Clause

Uncle Louie was loved by his nephews and nieces, by his friends, and everybody that knew him. He worked at different jobs at different parts of his life as I was growing up.

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Samuel Jacobson

Samuel Srolovic Jacobson was born in Lithuania in a loving Orthodox Jewish home. He received religious instruction throughout his childhood and was observant in all the biblical commandments and…

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Follow the Recipe

I don’t know why, but as risk free as I like to be in life, when it comes to following recipes that security loving part of my brain just doesn’t seem to kick in as much. I tend to view recipes more…

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East 105th Street

I grew up on East 105th Street, in Cleveland, Ohio. I went to Gracemont Elementary school. My mother would bring me a “snack” at recess because we lived just a block and a half from Gracemont. The…

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The Gratitude Attitude

My friend, Bill Schiebler, is a man who lives by our philosophy that you can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

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Gloria

During my mission’s trip I began a journalism project at the children’s orphanage in Mexicali Mexico, which is also referred to as the mission.

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Starving in Front of a Bowl of Kibble

My cat wasn’t satisfied to eat kibble out of his bowl that had been sitting there all day. He wanted to see me personally pour it out fresh from the bag each time. But what can you expect from a cat…

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Billy Joel - Q&A: Your German Jewish Origins

Billy Joel has been open about his German Jewish roots, and even hosted a Q&A session at a concert in Nuremberg his to discuss roots with the public.

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IDF Israeli Soldier Saves Palestinian Girl

A true story of Palestinian family that got hit by stone from Palestinian terrorist while driving.

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Ctrl + Z

One of my favorite keyboard shortcuts is Ctrl + Z. It instantly deletes the last action you took. Put a wrong word in, hit Ctrl + Z, it’s gone…just like it never happened.

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