My Mother, My Father, My Money

When I was growing up there was a couple on my block. She was heavy and he was thin.

My mother who never failed to notice anything, particularly weight, would comment: She is heavy, but he is thin. Read More

Last week a friend of mine came by with his family to visit. My friend Steve is a wonderful man who lives at some distance from us so it is rare that we actually see each other. He has the most amazing disposition and no matter how much time passes between our meetings - warmth and mirth rise instantly to the surface every time we get together. Read More

One year I was hired to lead a prayer group on Rosh HaShana that was decidedly not up to the challenge of prayer. This group - a collection of people from all over were by and large as unfamiliar with each other as they were with the prayers. Read More

Today's NY Times reports that the now famous victim of a decades-long kidnapping, Jaycee Dugard has suffered sexual abuse, neglect and emotional manipulation...to an extent hard to imagine. Read More