We tend to treat others the way we'd like to be treated. This can be a flawed approach. We all have our own inclinations, each as different from the other's as DNA. Since my first parsha column in the Jewish Week I've been curious to read who else is...

In Winesburg Ohio there's a story about apples that people find unattractive and don't pick. They stay on the tree and fall off when they are ripe. They are the sweetest apples. To me that's a wow.

There's a new book out called The Second City Unscripted. On the night of the day of the death of John Belushi, his brother Jim had a big performance and went on. Here's his quote: "After the show there was a press conference. When something like that...

Chazal say everyone needs mazal - even a Torah in the ark. We all need mazal in a way similar to how a Torah needs mazal. A Torah becomes invalid when its flaws are noticed. We don't seek the flaws out. A lucky Torah does not have its flaws announce...

I have my say, pray, seek the way, await a dayI sigh, wonder why, lift my eyes to the skyI frown, play the clown, look down, confoundI write, lose sight, exert my might, say goodnight