Tanner Street Trouble
Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av

As a child, Will always seemed to gravitate to more violent forms of play than the other boys in his neighborhood. Even when his mother took away his toy guns and swords, Will always found a way to turn innocuous…

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Parshat Devarim/Tisha B’Av

How to Survive a Kidnapping
Parshat Matot/Masei 5779

Disclaimer: This email contains depictions of a graphic crime, readers please use caution if reading in front of children. There are two dominant theories about triathletes. The first is that they are supremely cowardly human beings, and spend their life…

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Parshat Matot/Masei 5779

Avocado is Back in the Headlines
Parshat Pinchas

Avocado is the headline hogger of the fruit world. There are about 2,000 species of fruit eaten by human beings, from pedestrian fruits like the apple, banana, clementine, and date, to the more exotic ones like the atemoya, bignay, calabash,…

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Parshat Pinchas

Every Step Counts, but Some More
Parshat Chukat 5779

The New York City Subway system has 472 stations stretching over four boroughs, making it the largest subway system in the world. It is clean, efficient, reliable, inexpensive, and most importantly, it saves people hours of snarling traffic every day.…

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Parshat Chukat 5779