Time for another photo! I took this shot in downtown Manhattan on the night of September 11, 2008. The building is Trinity Church, a New Y...

An interesting letter appeared today on YeshivaWorldNews , penned by a "Chana L" looking for advice as a parent. Specifically, sh...

A year ago, I was leading the services in shul on the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh (Mar)Cheshvan . As is the custom on the Shabbos before Ro...

One of the days this week is my birthday. People often ask me how old I am and when I do, I usually give them my pat answer of 97. Of cour...

The Jewish Philosopher* has a post about the Flood on his blog. In his post, he brings up the questions that many people have about the fl...

The Jewish Philosopher has a frightening post on his site about how to deal with the issue of " frum " atheists. After giving so...

Sephardi Lady (over at Orthonomics ) has an interesting piece on a story that ran in the Times Herald Record last week. The story (carrie...

We have a child in our shul , about ten years old, who has (I believe) Down's Syndrome. He's an adorable kid and is well-liked by e...

Lakewood Falling Down posted a list of things that he doesn't like about his shul 's services on Simchas Torah. Here's his lis...

Meet the newest incarnation of XGH! The Wolf