The Talmud is completely unlike any other book of law. It records contradictory opinions, illustrative anecdotes and mystical allegories because it is actually a study guide for teacher and student.

Tried To Help Hostages

In an effort to better understand his Jewish constituents, the Mayor reached out to a popular Rabbi. The Rabbi invited the Mayor to spend Shabbat at his home…

Hunger was setting in and the villagers were getting desperate…

It’s 1958, and the captain of the US Navy base in Biloxi, Mississippi gets a call. “Captain, my name is Amelia Ainsley. Of the Biloxi Ainsleys, as I’m sure you are aware?” “I’m new to the area, ma’am.” “Well, Captain, …

“It takes a real man to live for God” – Johnny Cash

One of the tragedies of my misspent youth is that I missed years of meaningful connection with the wisdom of my tribe because I thought I was “spiritual” and Judaism was not. Lacking that ancient connection, I sought spirituality in meditation, rowing, martial arts, and the Grateful Dead.

The secret to a good sermon… as told by George Burns.

Big John bet 100 to 1 that nobody could squeeze a single drop out of the lemon…

Yeshiva University decides to offer a new sport: rowing. Unfortunately, the team loses one race after another. Though they train for hours every day, they always finish dead last.

Four novice nuns were about to take their vows, when four Hasidic Jews entered and sat in the front row. 

The Texan Got Thirsty