Purple Sheet

This week marks Karen and my 36th wedding anniversary on the secular calendar. It will be in a few weeks on the Jewish...

Volkswagen used to have a commercial for their Passat wagon (which has since been discontinued). It featured a young couple at a...

This week’s parsha, Chukat details the most obscure part of our Torah: The laws and ceremonies of the Red Heifer whose ashes...

This past week has been a disturbing one regarding the health of President Biden. His performance in the debate with former President...

I don’t post a lot on Facebook. My weekly articles and videos I think usually make it up there. I won’t broadcast pics...

Do you have any detractors? Are there people walking this earth who just don’t like you? And for no apparent reason? People...

I didn’t like my fifth grade teacher. It was the first time I had such negative feelings about any of my teachers...

The holiday of Shavuot begins this Tuesday evening. Shavuot is a bit of an orphan among the Jewish holidays which is unfortunate...

One of the persistent “demands” of the anti-Israel protests on many college campuses has been for their schools to participate in the...

Empathy is an essential trait in life and in Jewish tradition. The Torah states, You shall not oppress a stranger, for you...