Chanukah, Da Vinci and Judah Maccabee Recently, Christie’s Auction House announced that it had sold a 600-year-old painting entitled, “Salvatore Mundi,” reputedly the work of Leonardo da Vinci, for $450 Continue Reading »
Women’s Rights Part I and II (Parshiyot Toldot and Vayeitzei 5778) Part I Two weeks ago, the accusations against Alabama Senatorial candidate Roy Moore reached new lows with many women Continue Reading »
Hope Springs Eternal This past week, what we all feared and dreaded finally took place in New York City. A broken man, full of misfortune and resentment, became easy prey Continue Reading »
“Let not Alexander the Small dictate policy to Alexander the Great” It’s now a year in the Jewish calendar from last year’s Election Day. (The Jewish calendar moves 11 days Continue Reading »
Women’s Rights Last Sunday night (10/15), sports announcer, Al Michaels, made a small faux pas, he said, “I mean, let’s face it, the Giants are coming off a worse week than Continue Reading »
Rising Like Oil Above Water The underpinnings of Western philosophy come from three men who lived about 2500 years ago, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Plato was a student of Socrates Continue Reading »
Change The World By Making People Feel Special On August 13th of this year, the following article appeared in the Washington Post CHARLOTTESVILLE — A man accused of plowing a Continue Reading »
Sin Does Not Define Us 3330 years ago, our forefathers did something utterly regrettable. The Bnei Yisrael just heard the Ten Commandments from G-d upon Mt. Sinai and Moses ascends Continue Reading »
Hayom Harat Olam, Hayom Ya’amid BaMishpat…(The New Machzor, page 310) “Today marks the creation of the world. One this day, all the world’s creatures stand before G-d in judgement…” Today Continue Reading »
One year we were having a mice problem at the synagogue, and we couldn’t figure out how to get rid of them. We tried traps, poison, cats, nothing was working. Continue Reading »