A Bisl Torah — Help it Grow

I don’t have a knack for keeping plants alive. Often, I add too much water, or most of the time, forget to water the plant until it is just too late. Sometimes, I pretend the plant will grow in environments in which it is clearly impossible: no sunlight or window in sight. Determined to try […]

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Shoftim – Judges and Officers

Reflections on the Weekly Torah Portion – Shoftim Judges and Officers I can remember one of the first spiritual-psychological Chasidic texts that I studied, a text that opened the gates to a lifetime of study. When I was about 28 years old – 1982 – one of my teachers introduced me to the great Chasidic […]

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A Perfect Blend of Beaches and Culture.

Ksamil – Butrint National Park, Sarande, Albania. In this blog, we’ll unveil three extraordinary European destinations that deliver authentic travel experiences at unbeatable value. Albania’s untouched Adriatic coastline, where luxury costs a fraction of neighboring countries, to Spain’s mystical Galicia region, where Celtic legends meet dramatic Atlantic shores. You’ll discover Bologna, Italy’s perfect positioning for both Renaissance culture and Lake Garda’s alpine […]

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Calling All People of Principle

Sometimes a coincidence becomes kismet—like my recently published book “Beyond Proportionality: Israel’s Just War in Gaza,” and Roman Polanski’s film “An Officer and a Spy,” released six years ago in France as “J’Accuse,” but which has finally made it to America, completing a two-week run at the Film Forum in Manhattan. Both the movie, and […]

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Deli Nostalgia, Culture and Knish

“[A good deli] is like a barbershop with food; everyone knows each other by name and it’s just cozy,” Jeremy Kneller Hernandez, owner of Kneller’s Delicatessen & Appetizing in Tucson, Arizona, told the Journal. “When I have people in the deli here, who are literally hanging out all day eating breakfast and lunch and talking […]

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