I am not from the athletes.
When I was a kid, people didn’t really exercise – or, if they did, I didn’t know about it.
I had a few friends who did gymnastics or played softball, but they were few and far between. And they were “athletic,” meaning they weren
Picture this: The setting was a dining room on the East Coast on Friday, October 31st, sometime in the late 1990s. It was dinnertime, and the father of the family was seated at the head of the table while the mother scurried back-and-forth between the kitchen
Anyone who has ever planned a trip knows that a great deal of time and effort is involved. This emergency solidarity mission took us across this country over the five days and provided opportunities to hear from a variety of experts including four Members of Knesset. And without exception, every one of these meetings was of great value.
Sometimes it is a seemingly innocuous comment that can be the beginning of something amazing.
At the end of October 2013, my dear friend, Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, casually mentioned to me that the time had come for her to participate in a St. Baldrick's shave