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Professional conflicts (e.g., Eli and Peyton Manning)

SO, brothers Eli Manning (New York Giants) and Peyton Manning (Denver Broncos) can’t talk to each other. Playing for opposing football teams, and playing in the same...

Selective memory

“Is there any person who would want everything he ever did or said in private to be remembered?” — Rabbi Ron Y. Eisenman THE additional (“musaf”) prayer of Rosh...

Shabbos: a story and a metaphor

ON Shabbos, I heard a wonderful story. One of our guests was Susan Lapin from Seattle. She said she had an aunt on the East Coast who was a longtime […]

The ways (and the opposite ways) of being good

START with this: Not only do we not know the name of the author of this book, we are not even certain in which century it was written. Anonymity is […]

What’s this rash of suicides?

Here is a statistic that I fervently hope is not outdated by the time this appears: In the last number of weeks, there have been four suicides in our community....

Our odd calendar this year ?

Are you feeling cheated out of the High Holidays this year, even before they begin? The Jewish calendar has a rhythm, and an essential ingredient in that rhythm is...

When there’s finally time to think, there isn’t

I suppose the most trite line out there is, “I don’t feel old.” But the line nonetheless points to a basic truth: Life is subjective. And while I find discussions...

Rapping with Rapp

If a woman converts to Judaism while pregnant, is her child born Jewish? Or does the child need a conversion of its own? Is it always permitted to perform surgery —...

STOP

AS anyone who has ever looked into a finely written Torah scroll knows, it is a work of art. It is impressive. A close look reveals more than even columns […]

Israel: ‘Sharing the burden?’

ISRAEL is tearing itself apart over “sharing the burden.” On its face, the “burden” refers to military service in the Israel Defense Forces. In principle, all...