I Will Not Let You Go Until You Bless Me (Vayigash)
In this portion, Jacob does tsuvah. Earlier, he and his mother conspired so that his dying father Isaac would bestow a blessing upon Jacob instead…
75th Commemoration of Kristallnacht (Vayetzei)
This morning, many of my colleagues and friends were commenting on an article in the New York Times. It was the front page of the…
Is Halloween “Traif” or “Treat?”
How many people here love Halloween? I do. As a kid, my mom and I would carve pumpkins and then make pumpkin seeds with lots…