Via SaraK, this is great: Join Mesila tonight, Monday, Feb. 20th , and gain some hashkafic views as well as some practical starting points for the budgeting process. Read More »

After this recent post , I received a number of comments and emails, including from some family members, which were all quite nice and appreciated. They also led me to believe that my point in the post had been misunderstood, but that is all right – sometimes misunderstandings help remind us of so much. Read More »

Guest post by AnonT Less then a year ago, the world mourned as Leiby Kletzky was found, brutally murdered and butchered. Jews as a nation and the world mourned. Jews everywhere stood together, were unified in trying to understand this travesty, in trying to bring comfort to a shocked and bereaved family. Read More »

‘Tis a very rare occasion in life which does not warrant patience. From relationships (contrary to the belief of some) to marriage to raising children to career opportunities, having patience is key to being more successful. Read More »

Via the cuz :  Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away, and all the neighbors came around to commiserate that evening. “So sorry to hear your horse ran away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe. Read More »

From Forbes.com Money matters because dating is a way of sizing someone up and assessing the value of their company. Every decision on a date can be broken down on an economic level. Read More »

(Hat tip: Mirie) This fundraising project on Kickstarter looks interesting: Unorthodox is a feature documentary that follows three teenagers from the modern Orthodox community as they spend a post-high school year studying in Israel. Read More »

Welcome to the world, Ariella Shalvah Goldish! Born 8 pounds, 12 ounces (3,970 grams it said, not that anyone knows what that means) at Mt. Sinai hospital yesterday afternoon. Elianna and Kayla are incredibly excited to be big sisters! Serach and Ariella are doing great, bH. Read More »

(HT: Josh Yuter) A lady named Spike Ward penned an op-ed yesterday in the LA Times discussing how she was formerly against ObamaCare, but now that she has cancer, she has changed her mind. In her words: The time finally came when we had to make a choice between paying our mortgage or paying for health insurance. We chose to keep our house. Read More »

A few years back, a number of friends kept asking me questions about finances, particularly when it came to getting married. “What does it cost to live for a young couple in their first few months? First year? First three years? With a kid? In a 2-bedroom apartment vs. a 1-bedroom?” …You get the idea. Read More »

“Boring is the new exciting.” ~ Cymbaline When we’re young, we often tend to love chaos. Chaos is exciting! Disorganization makes life interesting! Being all over the place is fun! …and then, it gets tiring. Read More »

This is Part XV of a series about how I proposed to Serach. To see the series, you could simply use the guide link under the header of the blog or this link right here titled “How I Met Serach”. Ezzie’s note:  In Part XIII, I explained the difficulty in writing this series. Read More »

When I watched this video it made me think about how people make career choices. I mean does anybody actually grow thinking they want to be an accountant or do they fall into their career choice because they found something they want to do or because Read More »

Via Princess D’Tiara, this video of Emmanuel Kelly auditioning for X Factor 2011 (Australia, I believe) is simply moving. I’m not sure who is more amazing; him, his brother, or his mom. Read More »

In an interview with Ami published on VIN, R’ Herschel Schachter slams battei dinin (Jewish courts of law). Read More »

I can’t be Losing sleep over this No I can’t And now I cannot stop pacing Give me a few hours I’ll have this all sorted out If my mind would just stop racing  Cause I cannot stand still I can’t be this unsturdy This cannot be happening  This is over Read More »

One of the nice aspects of having had a blog for a number of years is the ability to look back and recall what was going on, what happened, and how we felt about everything through various periods. Read More »

In 2009-2010, politicians (mostly Democratic) went after banks. The CARD act in 2009, Dodd-Frank in 2010, and other laws were passed to restrict various fees and limit interest rates being charged by banks. Read More »

From here : Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and Read More »

Readers of this blog will most likely be very interested in a new publication that has sprung into existence with a strong initial entry, Klal Perspectives : Klal Perspectives’s goal is to provide the Torah community with a forum to address and debate the major issues confronting the community today. Read More »