Tisha B’Av is a day of fasting on the Jewish calendar. It is the year’s low point; almost every major tragedy in Jewish history is somehow tied in mythology to Tisha B’Av. The two ancient temples in Jerusalem were said
If you needed proof that America is getting back to normal, the happenings of our fabulous interns from yesteryear are back in the news. This week Gary Condit was on Larry King Live and Monica Lewinsky has a TV special
A friend of mine has 4 small kids in a Jewish day school in Manhattan. Tuition is over $50,000 a year. Since after-tax money pays for tuition here (meaning the expense is not tax deductible), that means you have to
New York, New York: The New York Times reports a Catholic youth league basketball team forfeited a game because the whole team was attending the coach’s son’s Bar Mitzvah…I hear Al Gore is volunteering to be Argentina’s next president; if
A few travel ideas and late notes from London…A few additions to the packing list: A small container with a twist-lock top to hold shampoo and other liquids (usually used for pills). Too often the shampoo bottle leaks in the
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