Hi, Hope you’re having a great day! And – at least for those of you in Chicago – that you are enjoying the weather! … We had a great Purim at CTN and I wanted to share something with you. We had a special reading of the Megillah (Scroll of Esther) for young Jewish professionals. […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. (And if you have been effected by the storm? I hope things improve very quickly.) … Today is Halloween. Not usually a topic for a Torah Minute. But I wanted to share something I think all Jews should think about today. And be proud of. It was something […]

Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! Jews all over the world just celebrated Purim. And we read the Book of Esther, the Megillah. There’s something very strange about the Book. It doesn’t mention G-d.  Not even once. Because the Megillah talks about a different kind of miracle. No splitting of the sea like […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … Before I get to Purim? Nobel Prizes were awarded at the end of 2011. And, as usual, the question was raised. How many Jews? The answer? Five out of thirteen! And as usual, another question was raised. What percentage of the world’s population is Jewish? The answer? […]

Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. The holiday of Purim is behind us. And as important as the celebration of a Jewish holiday is? It’s also important that we take something with us. That are lives are somehow different. Here’s something I was thinking about on Purim. And something I hope to think about […]

Hope you’re having a great day. We just celebrated Purim. Now on to Passover! And this Torah Minute is about both. … It’s something I shared at the CTN Purim celebration. There happened to be a number of Jews from the formerSoviet Union. And when I see such Jews taking part in Jewish life? It […]

Hi, I hope you enjoyed Purim. The Purim story reminds us that G-d is involved in Jewish history. In the survival of the Jewish People. And in our personal lives. Even when it’s not obvious. Most of us have probably had experiences where something happens to us. We wonder “why”. And it turns out for […]

Hi, I may have been in a position to comment on the Super Bowl. But the Oscars? Forget it! … I do know about one Oscar winning movie. “The Ten Commandments” won an Oscar for “Best Special Effects”. But believe me. The Book is much better than the movie! Besides, the movie may deserve an […]

Hi, … Lieutenant Meyer Birnbaum. A typical “American Jewish kid” who was drafted during the Second World War. He was among the liberators of Buchenwald and other D.P. camps. As a fellow Jew, he was able to give emotional and spiritual support to many survivors. Here’s an excerpt from his autobiography. “In Buchenwald, a gentile […]

Hi, I wanted to talk to you about something very serious. Purim! … There’s something that really bothers me. Most Jews relate in some way to Yom Kippur. They probably go to services. Fast all day. And may even review all their sins! No. That’s not what bothers me! It’s that so many Jews don’t […]