Art you serious?
Parshat Mikeitz 5782

Art you serious? Parshat Mikeitz 5782

SELL THE HOUSE SELL THE CAR SELL THE KIDS That phrase, all in capital letters, may not look like much to you, but it sure raised a lot of capital at an auction last year. Those words, put in black letters on a seven foot white background by the artist Christopher Wool make up a

Let Them Eat Challah
Parshat Vayeitzei 5782

Let Them Eat Challah Parshat Vayeitzei 5782

“Let them eat cake!” Those infamous words, allegedly uttered by the young Queen Marie Antoinette of France, are considered to be the ultimate example of willful naiveté, apathy, and economic hubris all wrapped into one succinct package. It didn’t bode too well for Marie Antoinette, as we all know that the curtain came down on

I would give you a 2.6
Parshat Toldot 5782

I would give you a 2.6 Parshat Toldot 5782

It was only after Kevin McNally got in his car and switched on his Uber app that he saw the words that would upend his life; “You’ve been deactivated.” Kevin had been driving for Uber for the last seven months, it was a job that gave him the flexibility he needed to raise his two

I see dead people….
Parshat Chayei Sara 5782

I see dead people…. Parshat Chayei Sara 5782

Most of the biological information in this article was taken from the book The Body A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson If you want to see the live version of me, look me in the eyes. That’s pretty much the only part of me that you can see that is still alive, the rest of me

I don’t like giving babies medicine….
Parshat Vayera 5782

I don’t like giving babies medicine…. Parshat Vayera 5782

High on the list of my least favorite things to do is giving medicine to my children, especially the really small ones. This past Shabbos, I noticed that my son, who just turned one, was feeling a bit warm. The next day he woke up with a slight rash on his face, and a lot

The Quest for the Immortal Shoe
Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

The Quest for the Immortal Shoe Parshat Lech Lecha 5782

I’m pretty confident I have weird feet. I don’t know if they’re flat, crooked, or inverted, but they don’t seem to fit into most shoes like a hand fits in a glove. If you’re a podiatrist and reading this, please don’t email me back with suggestions or diagnoses, I’ve been to doctors and they always