For Purim this year we’re decked out in blue safety vests, with a Purim-smile logo, and our Mishloach Manot (Purim food gifts) come packed in small cardboard boxes with an Amazon-spoof sticker label (nicely created by our son Moshe) with … Read the rest
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:8 speaks of “A land of wheat and barley, of grape-vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and date-honey.”
On Tu-Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees (usually in February), it is customary to partake of … Read the rest
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“Opposites Abstract” is a profound children’s picture book by Mo Willems with plenty of food for thought for adult readers, too.
You may know Mo Willems from his Pigeon books, the Knufflebunny, or Piggy and Gerald. He might be considered … Read the rest
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