Spotlight on the Family

This year provides a unique opportunity to connect two already-bound holidays. The historical and religious synergy between Chanukah and Thanksgiving is undeniable.

We mourn the passing of a legend. JFK – the rock star president and political comet that soared ever too briefly across the nation's sky.

The debacle of Race to the Top, Common Core State Standards, and standardized testing continues to metastasize into an out of control disease, and many parents are becoming aware of the pernicious effects on their children’s school experience.

Brave men and women volunteer, go forward against all odds, and do what most people would not be able or willing to do. They are like those firefighters on 9-11 who went up while everyone else came down.

Can we rest in peace and forgive the online ignorance that no doubt will persist long after we have all passed from our actual and virtual lives to the evanescence of digital forevermore?

Our worries about time are a pressing human need to control that which is out of bounds.

New Yorkers don’t spit into the faces of rich people; they have better things to do with their saliva.

Subway tokens were New York City gelt, and the precious little coin with a Y was kept safe because it was so dear to everyone.

When we are faced with the blows life deals, we need to remember there is a difference between being happy once again and forgetting the pain.

I appreciate the Jewish tradition of linking celebrations and traditions to the celestial rather than the secular.