Parsha VaYechi: The Helicopter Parent
This week’s parsha is the final one in the Book of Bereshit/Genesis. The last of the forefathers, Jacob is about to die,... Read More
Parshat VaYigash: All We Want is a Home and Family
This week’s Torah portion brings us to the final chapter of the longest and perhaps most dramatic event in the entire book... Read More
Parshat Miketz: The Underdog
This week’s Torah portion continues the dramatic saga between Joseph and his brothers. We read of the first meeting between Brother Joe... Read More
Parshat Vayeshev: Chanukah and Gaza – A War on Two Fronts
We are in the midst of the holiday of Chanukah. On Chanukah we celebrate our historical victory over the powerful Syrian-Greek Empire... Read More
Parshat VaYishlach: Your Inner Struggles
This week’s parsha opens with a meeting between twin brothers who have not seen each other for over twenty years. Jacob and... Read More
Parshat Vayetzei: Child Abuse
They only hit until you cry After that you don’t ask why You just don’t argue anymore You just don’t argue anymore... Read More
Parshat Toldot: Losers Hate Winners
Losers hate Winners. Always have, always will. Ever since the dawn of Mankind with the first siblings, Cain and Abel, all the... Read More
Parshat Chayei Sara: A Meaningful Death
I don’t know what happens when people die Can’t seem to grasp it as hard as I try It’s like a song... Read More
Parshat VaYera: Israel at War – Week 4
As Israel continues its assault on Hamas, the all-too-predictable world reaction has begun. Calls for immediate cease-fire, cries of indiscriminate bombings of... Read More
Parshat Lech Lecha: Dusty Boots of the IDF
I wrote this piece exactly five years ago in the week of parshat Lech Lecha which is this week’s Torah portion and it has... Read More