The Rebbetzin's Husband

Junior Seau was a star linebacker in the National Football League, and he died on Wednesday of a gunshot wound. Police are investigating the...

I send out daily Omer emails, and the other day I received some constructive criticism for a segment in my email for the 23rd day of the Ome...

By the time I turned fourteen, I had seen all three Star Wars movies, Back to the Future, Short Circuit, Grease, Superman, Superman II, WarG...

...I hope that revelation doesn't burst anyone's illusions about me.

I grew up as a New York Ranger fan just a few miles from Nassau Coliseum when the hated New York Islanders were winning four Stanley Cups in...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ! ] During my trip back to New York for Pesach, I had a chance to look through some of the many, ma...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] I've written quite a bit about the phenomenon of talking in shul - two of my favorite posts...

[ This week’s Haveil Havalim, hosted by the incredible Jack, is here ] On the way to the beis medrash for night seder on Sunday, I caught a ...

I am thrilled that Satire Wire is back! Ten years ago, Satire Wire had the best comedy on the Net - but then site-owner Andrew Marlatt quit....

On my long Sunday evening drive , I listened to a 60 Minutes interview with Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem . It was interesting to hear him ta...

I once wrote, in my more glib years: It seems to me that rabbis are like sports coaches – they rarely leave at the right time, but instead g...

Okay, who was right in the apology scenario described below - Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, or Logan Mankins, [soon to be...

After listening to radio shows, reading articles, hearing from Clevelanders and watching clips from The Decision, I think I understand why C...

Dear President Obama, I hope all is well. Normally, I receive greetings from you in advance of Jewish holidays, but this year I did not noti...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] Music is my drug; I got in the car this morning and turned it on, and Presto, instant mood change...

A few weeks ago I delivered a shiur on the role of women in settling then-Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, linking it to...

Okay, so the US lost the gold medal hockey game to the Canadians . In overtime. A measly one-goal differential. After the US beat Canada 5-3...

The only thing better than the USA beating Canada in hockey at the Olympics... ...is living in Canada when the USA beats Canada in hockey a...

I’ve been very grim lately, I know. It happens, from time to time, and with the trauma of last week I think it’s understandable. But one of ...

[ This week's Haveil Havalim is here ] A bit too much going on for a real post today, but here are two items that caught my eye recently...