At a first glance of the Ten Commandments, the average person would find most of them both logical and feasible. Read More »

What would happen if one of the greatest violinists alive, playing on a Stradivarius worth several million dollars, was plunked into the sterile environment of a Washington D.C. Read More »

If your marriage is in crisis, the task of salvaging the relationship may appear daunting. In my experience of working with countless couples on the verge of relationship disaster, I have identified five proven steps to turn things around: 1) Commit. Read More »

Sometimes I miss the school bus. OK, I just reread that sentence. I meant that I yearn for the school bus. Read More »

It was the last day of mid-winter vacation. The sun was shining brightly, the ocean was calm and blue, and the temperature hovered in the mid-70′s (Just threw that in to make New Yorkers jealous!). We hadn’t really taken any family trips during this time so we decided to go out with a bang and go “segway”-ing along the beach. Read More »

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Ever stand in front of the fridge or freezer pondering what to serve for dinner? In today’s rushed world with so many obligations to attend it is imperative that we have some meals that can be whipped up in minutes. Here are a few recipes that fit that description. Read More »

In Part One of The Jewish Disorder Manual , I took on that silly book, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), or as I call it, the “SMD” – “Stupid, Mindless Diagnoses.” This bubbameister consists of hundreds of pages of diagnosis, symptoms, each on an “axis,” that are numbered, sub-numbered, typed, sub typed, clustered. Read More »

Dear Lauren, I’m tired of my family. They’re always fighting and shouting at each other, especially at me. They’re always criticizing me, yelling at me for any stupid thing and making a big deal out of nothing, until they get the best of me and I shout at them in return, no matter how hard I try not to. Read More »

Is using a shadchan (matchmaker) outdated?. Read More »

Sixty-three years ago, in the spring of 1949, my father and his family received a letter from Israel that would forever change their lives. “ Nisht azoi shnell ,” it read, “ Shver lieben du .” Don’t hurry. Life is hard here. The letter, written by my grandfather’s brother, must have come as quite a shock. Read More »

By changing religion, was I reneging on part of my identity? Or was I adding to it? How were my family and my friends going to see me? Were they going to see me as “the Jew”? How was my father, a deeply religious and practicing Catholic, going to react? My head was reeling as I thought of my mother, my sister, my brothers. Read More »

We’ve Gotta Live Together Building unity through kindness. by aish.com Read More »

Rabbi Akiva described the verse “Love your fellow as yourself” (Leviticus 19: 18) as being “a great Torah principle.” (Jerusalem Talmud – Nedarim 9: 4) How do we fulfill the mitzvah to love your fellow man? Just as each of us has needs and does our best to satisfy them, so too we should view other people’s needs as our own. Read More »

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In recent years, the Holocaust has been subject to an increasingly sickening blend of ruthless politicization, deliberate distortion, crass commercialization and an often abject sentimentalism. Read More »

Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg died last Monday, Jan. 23. The German-born rebbetzin, a universally well-respected advocate of women’s rights and domestic abuse awareness in the Jewish community, was the wife of Ner Israel Rabbinical College’s late rosh yeshiva (dean), Rabbi Yaakov S. Weinberg. Read More »

Israel: Saving Lives IDF aid missions save thousands around the world. by Israel Defense Forces You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »

Dear Rosie & Sherry, I’m a 28-year-old Jewish guy. I’ve been dating a woman seriously for six months, and I don’t know what to do next. I like her, but I know that at some point she’s going to want to take this to the next level. I don’t know if I can. I want her in my life, but I’m not sure I want to get married. Read More »

Choice recipes from The Best of Mexican Kosher Cooking . Mexican Chicken Wings with Dipping Sauce We like to think of wings as fun food. These wings have a little kick to them. Read More »