Leonard Felson

Missing My Dad’s Yahrzeit

When my shul closed during the pandemic, I lost the place where I usually commemorate my father’s death and say Kaddish for him Tablet...

Leonard Felson

A Father Defends His Empty Nest

When 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...

Leonard Felson

The struggles of a holier-than-thou husband

HARTFORD, 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...

Leonard Felson

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...

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