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My daughter woke up in pain. Holding onto her ankle, she was twisting and turning, trying to find a comfortable position. I sat down next to her and rubbed her leg,...

Steve Barkley was minding his own business. Cruising down the interstate near Campbell, CA, he was thoroughly enjoying himself. Depressing the gas pedal, he goaded his brand new Porsche 911 to...

It seems innocuous enough, but in our time-starved world, its sheer length strikes fear in the hearts and minds of men, sufficiently so to have spurned an industry of avoidance. How...

Depending on how you look at it, I am either very smart or very lazy. Facing the wedding of my fifth child and the concomitant entertaining that comes with such an...

Some life lessons I’ve picked up since my company, Bear Stearns, disappeared--making me a “kollel boy.”

There’s a phrase that’s popped up in recent years — “Let go and let God”. Perhaps it is this decade’s version of the oft-quoted Serenity Prayer asking for the wisdom to...

Did you hear the one about the woman who showed up at her daughter-in-law’s door? The younger Mrs. opened the door and cheerfully asked, “How long are you staying?” Her mother-in-law...

A Lesson For the Children – Rabbi Saadia had a reputation in Cairo as a great orator. Perhaps he was not considered the greatest rabbi in terms of his halachic rulings...

Holy and Secular – “Tamar Goldstein,” the loud voice of the history teacher thundered in the classroom, “perhaps you can tell me why you did not do your homework. We have...

Sharing a hospital room with one even less fortunate than she, this woman recalls the end of a Jewish nursery rhyme: "...Hashem is truly everywhere."