Hi, Hope you’re having a great day! … I have to share this with you! It’s a story that didn’t make the newspapers. But it should have! It was February 1st. Super Bowl Sunday. And the day of Chicago’s great blizzard. The Polstein and Nathan families were looking forward to this day. Their children were […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … A few thoughts on President Obama’s new initiative. Increasing the speed of internet connection in America. Because we are way behind countries like South Korea, Japan and the Netherlands. And ranked only 10th. (We used to be 28th) … I may be hopeless. Because I grew up […]

Hope you’re having a great day. … Here’s some food thought. Literally. As you may know, the East Coast was hit with a huge winter like storm last week. Thousands of people inNew Jerseyare still without power. But I wanted to share a very “powerful” story. It’s about a Chassidic Jew by the name of […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to tell you about an incredible person who passed away last week. A great Rabbi, a great human being and an incredible role model. Rabbi Nason Tzvi Finkel of Jerusalem was born and bred in Chicago. He attended Ida Crown Jewish Academy and was a typical […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to share something from last week’s Lunch, Learn & Mitzva. We spoke about gossip and how bad Jewish tradition considers it. And we spoke about tools to help us improve. One tool I mentioned? Going out of our way to use our words for good things. […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. …One more story about my nephew Yehudah! For various reasons, after the accident his kids didn’t see him for many weeks. And while my wife and I were inOttawavisiting? They were going to see him for the first time. It was obviously a very emotional time. And a […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. Passover is around the corner! And I wanted to share one more thing about my Uncle Jack. … At the Seder we celebrate our freedom. But first we remember our suffering as a People. Our slavery in Egypt and the many enemies who have tried to destroy us. […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to tell you about the amazing people of Zaka. … Like the wonderful members of the IDF who spent weeks in Haiti? The volunteers of Zaka should inspire us and make us proud. (You may have seen pictures of them inHaitisaying the Shabbat prayers in their […]

Hope you’re having a great day. You hear alot of talk these days about car brakes. … A driver gets pulled over by a policeman. “Didn’t you see that stop sign?  You went right through it!”  The driver thinks quickly and says, “You know officer, sometimes those Toyota brakes just fail.” “Nice try buddy, but […]

Hope you’re having a great day. …This week’s Torah portion is about marriage. Abraham sends his trusted servant Eliezer to find a wife for Isaac. And Eliezer sets up a test. The test is about chessed.  Acts of kindness. Because acts of kindness are central to a successful marriage. And Rebecca passes the test with […]