The Normality of Difference
I have spent the last few years trying to determine a working definition of “normal”
Building Brisk
From this cadre of talmidei chachamim emerged an entire generation of roshei yeshivah and marbitzei Torah
Try Your Hand
There’s something moving about the mental image that a long-ago handwritten reply conjures up
Got You Covered
There have been some iconic covers associated with the ever-growing Jewish music industry
Normal: Chapter 8
QUESTION: Can friendship, which is a social/emotional concept, be managed with logic?
Untangling My Voice from That of Others
We can’t live someone else’s life; we must live the one that we were designed for
Bye-Bye, Avichai
The one holdout on Mandelblit’s plea-bargain list, at press time, was Binyamin Netanyahu
Ballot Box: Why didn’t you go to Florida?
So you didn’t go to Florida. That’s okay, but when your children come asking, what do you tell them?
First of All: Chapter 1
My eyelids fly upward, and I exhale so quickly that my lungs hurt. He’s alive. He’s alive!
Flashback — Something Real: Lifetakes, Issue 327
Most of the time, we look for truth in all the wrong places
Help Yourself
One of the most painful forms of suffering is watching someone you love in pain and not being able to do anything about it
