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Uncategorized June 27, 2021

The Castle Hill Effect

“Castle Hill” were the magical words of my childhood. For years, my family and I rented a small bungalow in what we called a “bungalow colony” in the Catskill Mountains in New York State—one colony of many populated by Jews living in “the city” (Brooklyn and Queens) and seeking to escape to, literally, greener pastures.

Uncategorized April 11, 2021

Gratitude on Trend

Gratitude is totally on trend.

Uncategorized April 7, 2021

To Be a Jew

To be a Jew

is humbling, proud, exciting

Uncategorized February 14, 2021

The Worry List

On my phone, in my Notes app, I have a note labeled “Worry List.”

Uncategorized February 7, 2021

The Long Cut

Said Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananiah: “Once a child got the better of me.”