The Real Chanukah
Will the Real Chanukah Please Stand Up! Several years ago Hadassah Magazine ran a story about retired Army Captain, Mike Neulander. He was stationed in the Persian Gulf during the war there and, as a Jew he resisted the Army’s suggestion that, to protect him from torture should he be captured, his ID tags be […]
Pittsburgh Massacre Thoughts
A Pittsburgh-born Rabbi’s Thoughts on the Pittsburgh Massacre It started with pennies. At first my dear friend’s teenage daughter didn’t take it seriously. After all, the boy who was throwing pennies at her couldn’t even get the insult right. “He’s calling me a KITE,” she said. “That’s how stupid he is. He doesn’t even know […]