Kafka’s Passover
Franz Kafka is perhaps one of the most Jewish of all writers. This is, in part, because Kafka understood that one of Judaism's recurring themes…
April 11, 2014
Passover Approaches and the Death of a Cat
As I am writing this, one of my daughter’s cats is dying. By the time you read this, Benji will most likely have died. Benji’s…
March 28, 2014
Purim and Shabbat Zachor
March 14, the Shabbat preceding Purim, is known as Shabbat Zachor. On this Shabbat an extra portion of the Law is read that begins with…
March 24, 2014
Better Living Through Pharmaceuticals
"There Is Nothing Either Good Or Bad, But Thinking Makes It So" -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet I have become a great fan of anti-depressants. Better…
February 28, 2014