Tag: loss
Bearing The Unbearable
Pesach seemed heavier this year. I'm not talking in terms of the tremendous amount of food that was consumed or the seemingly endless lifting, bending, scrubbing, scouring and cooking that is part and parcel of pre and post Passover preparations as well as during the chag.
Special Occasions
Birthdays, anniversaries, life cycle events are all times we look forward to.
Lost Objects Found
As one enters the theater, the stage is seen dominated by three levels of scaffolding that fills the entire proscenium behind a gray scrim.
Please Place Brain In Gear Before Operating The Mouth
None of us would deliberately hurt our friends. We would not tell jokes about the blind to a blind person or to a relative of a blind person.
Letters To The Editor
Selective And DeceptiveI thought your readers would be interested in the following letter that I sent to The New York Times.Ed KochNew York, NYTo...
You’re So Strong!
Loss is a personal and monumental event. It is different for everyone who experiences it.
Q & A: Bal Tash’chit During The Nine Days (Part I)
QUESTION: May leftover meat from the Sabbath during the Nine Days be used during the week so as not to violate "bal tash'chit" - the prohibition against wastefulness?Rabbi Yaakov Spivak, Rosh KollelKollel Ayshel AvrahamMonsey, NY
Longing For The Sacred: Lost Synagogues Of The Shoah Stained Glass Models By Felix...
The sacred is that which is removed, eternal and ultimately untouchable, something we must always have in our lives and yet can never possess.
Memorial Day – Efrat 2004
There we stood, my husband and I, on the darkened mirpeset (balcony) of our home. It was 8:00 p.m. Our mirpeset overlooks the valley which marks the boundary of Efrat. In the distance is the road leading south to Kiryat Arba and Hevron, and north to the holy city of Yerushalayim.
Israel At 56: Still Under The Oslo Delusion
This week Israelis observed Memorial Day and celebrated Independence Day.
Letters To The Editor
Ground Zero Sefer TehillimThank you to Shmuel Ben Eliezer and The Jewish Press for covering the return of the Sefer Tehillim from the Ground...
Letters To The Editor
Readers' Tributes To Chezi Goldberg, a"hWisdom Will Be MissedI am writing to express my deepest condolences to the family of Chezi Goldberg on the...
Director Of The Jewish Image: Frederic Brenner's Photographs At The Brooklyn Museum
Jews with Hogs (1994) is the first image one encounters in Frederic Brenner's exhibition of
photographs of contemporary Jews from around the world currently at the Brooklyn Museum.
Q & A: Hachana (Part VI)
QUESTION: Is it halachically permissible to pack on Shabbat or Yom Tov for a trip to be taken on the next day (Motza'ei Shabbat or Motza'ei Hachag)?Moishe Halberstam, Esq.Brooklyn, NY
Q & A: Hachana (Part III)
QUESTION: Is it halachically permissible to pack on the Sabbath or Yom Tov for a trip to be taken on the next day?Moishe Halberstam, Esq.Brooklyn, NY