Life

Someone get this boy a dictionary!

Yesterday, the US Supreme Court rejected the case of an Oregon woman who is trying to block her ex-husband from ...

Help me Natalie Portman. You’re my only hope.

I’m not sure of many things.  But one thing I am sure of is that Natalie Portman and I are ...

I Asked You Once, I Asked You Twice…

Maurice Sendak, one of the greatest authors of our time, is turning 80–and, according to the New York Times, is ...

family members shovel earth into grave

Last weekend, reporter Berny Morson of the Rocky Mountain News was assigned to cover the funeral of a 3-year-old boy. ...

The Difference Between Yes and No

In today’s Jewel of Elul, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American ...

Making Ties, Cutting Hair

Yesterday, I convinced my beneficent editor to let me out early in order to go to a friend’s son’s upsheren ...

Lego Hasidic Wedding

If you’ve ever wondered what an Australian Hasidic wedding looks like….well, it’s not exactly like this, but it comes pretty ...

The One Where the Drug Dealer Sits Shiva

So last week’s episode of Weeds (No “spoiler alert” needed. Seven days is enough to turn on the DVR) was ...

Shidduch/Dating Crisis!!!

Guess what? There are a lot of Jewish women looking for love, but the Jewish guys just won’t commit. It’s ...

Better than a list of thank yous.

I saw this Bar Mitzvah speech video a few weeks ago. It’s one of the most profound things I’ve heard ...