Seeing God at Yankee StadiumWhen I caught a foul ball at a baseball game, I felt the divine presence—and it changed my whole life The night I caught a soaring foul ball at Yankee Stadiu...
Throwing Out the Ten Commandments—the Ones that Once Sat Atop My CakeI found a memento from my bar mitzvah in my parents’ house. Was it finally time to let go of the past, or was it worth keeping? I was cleaning out my parents...
When "Never Forget" Becomes "I Don't Remember"My father always told us about how he survived the Holocaust. Now that dementia has taken his memories away, it’s my turn to tell his stories. “Where was I d...
A Father Defends His Empty NestWhen I saw my daughter’s car in our driveway I wanted to run the other way — away from my peaceful home, our empty nest that was about to be invaded. Instead...
The struggles of a holier-than-thou husbandHARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) — My wife stared at me as if I were from another planet. “What do you mean you don’t know if you can come to my cousin’s wedding?” she ...
The Prayer For My Mother That Made Me A Better Man I am not a Jew who prays three times a day, in the morning, afternoon and evening as proscribed by Jewish law. Not like my wife’s four religious cousins who ...