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Buddy Could You Spare a Dime? One would think that after having been enslaved for 210 years, the last thing the Jewish... Read More

My brother, Murray recently returned from Israel. While there he visited our old Hebrew-school teacher from when we were kids, Mr. Munk.... Read More

All I Need is a Miracle This week’s parsha is divided exactly in half between miracle and mundane. On the one hand... Read More

Winning the Jewish Lottery There is a verse in next week’s Torah reading that hearkens back to the plague of Darkness which... Read More

Your Personal Pharaoh In this week’s Torah portion we have the first seven of the ten plagues that were inflicted upon Pharaoh... Read More

Moshe – He’s A Boss Oh people, look around you The signs are everywhere You’ve left it for somebody, other than you... Read More

Dedicated in memory of Davina Hool who passed away this week in London. May her children continue to love and respect each... Read More

Smiling Through the Pain There is a short exchange in this week’s Torah portion between Jacob/Yaakov and Pharaoh. After Joseph reconciles with... Read More

Chanukah – The Underdog This week’s Torah portion continues the dramatic saga between Joseph and his brothers. We are treated to the... Read More

The Adjustment Bureau Penelope Lively is a British novelist whose stories revolve around “contingency” – the idea that an entire life can... Read More