Making Things Better

Introducing the Yamim Noraim Theme for 5778 This week’s eclipse can help us set the theme for the High Holiday season ahead. The Talmud (TB Succah 29a) attributes the incidence of a solar eclipse to a few possible causes, each of them failures of humankind. This...

Drinking on Purim

Dear Friends: I hope this letter finds you all well and looking forward to the beautiful Yom Tov of Purim.  I address this letter to all of you, and especially to parents of teenagers. One of the unusual aspects of Purim is the celebration of the day through drinking...