Musings

I had a late night 2 hour telephone conversation this week with a British fellow who has lived in Saudi Arabia for about 20 years, married a local, converted to Islam, and now works in the region in the area

I. Can we learn some lessons from our experiences in Ancient Egypt? Why did the Egyptians hate the Jews so much? Take a look at Genesis, Chapter 47. Was it because Joseph enslaved the Egyptians and kicked them out of

If one were to promote a year-long commitment to providing some daily Jewish educational and spiritual content to people’s lives, an opportune time to take upon one’s self this resolution is at the conclusion of the Yom Kippur service. This

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

I heard this really creative story. Engineers and accountants are each in their own groups buying tickets to get on a train. The accountants see that the engineers have bought one ticket for the 3 members of their group. The

Hello all! For those of you who missed out on watching this year’s New York City marathon, all I can say is, you really missed something amazing.  It was a perfect, perfect, perfect day.  A bit warmer and sunnier than

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