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Greetings from the shtetl. Hope you are all doing well. I have learned that it is a “thing” to have a kiddush when you have a baby girl. Apparently this is done to help make sure that the baby girl gets married one day. I had never heard about this situation before Strudel was born, and I am pretty sure that my parents did not have a kiddush for me. Does this mean that if they had, I would have a different type of marriage? Better? Worse? I would have gotten...Continue Reading
Interviewing Tuvia Tenenbom is always an experience. And most likely it’s even more of an experience to be interviewed by Tuvia. His latest book, “Excuse Me, Is This Yours?” is about the West Bank — Judea and Samaria, or the Occupied Territories, or Tuvia’s preferred Biblical Israel, or BI...Continue Reading
As very busy people in busy digital worlds, we often focus only on things that affect our inner circle directly. Outside of our personal passions, interests, and affinities, and our kids’ activities, interests, and affinities, we tend to stay in our own lanes. Not because we lack...Continue Reading
