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Title Publication Date
Evil Destroys Itself; Unreal Insight -- the Chazon Ish April 29, 2023
A Lot to Laugh About Mishpacha Magazine March 15, 2023
Chanukah and Jewish Identity Mishpacha Magazine December 13, 2022
A Naked Political Bribe Mishpacha Magazine September 6, 2022
Celebrating the Present, Not Just the Past Mishpacha Magazine November 30, 2021
I've Got a Secret: Tishrei Thoughts for the Entire Year Mishpacha Magazine October 7, 2021
Needed: A Paradigm Shift Mishpacha Magazine September 9, 2021
The Seder as Civics Mishpacha Magazine March 24, 2021
Jewish Privilege is Real; What Would We Do Without Experts Mishpacha Magazine October 29, 2020
Better Together: The Lessons They Left Us Mishpacha Magazine September 16, 2020
A Belated Debt of Gratitude: A Rosh Hashanah Mashal Mishpacha Magazine September 9, 2020
Jewish Complicity Yet Again Mishpacha Magazine July 29, 2020
Your Name We Did Not Forget Mishpacha Magazine July 22, 2020
Let's Savor the Opportunity Hashem Has Granted Us Mishpacha Magazine April 6, 2020
The Intellect and the Exodus Mishpacha Magazine April 1, 2020
Time to Develop Our Free Will Mishpacha Magazine September 3, 2019
Atonement -- Fake andReal Mishpacha Magazine September 20, 2018
From the Beginning of the Year to Its End Mishpacha Magazine September 5, 2018
A New Darkness Descends Mishpacha Magazine December 13, 2017
Succos and Jewish Unity; Machon Haredi Comes of Age Mishpacha Magazine October 2, 2017
"By Your light may we see light" Yated Ne'eman December 23, 2016
We Have the Power to Change Mishpacha Magazine September 30, 2016
How Distant Have We Become; Leaving Behind the Past to Face the Future Mishpacha Magazine September 30, 2016
Talmud Torah -- It's Also a Mitzvah; The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down Mishpacha Magazine June 8, 2016
Reclining as Free Men; Connecting to the Jewish Story Mishpacha Magazine; Jerusalem Post April 22, 2016
Purim Shpiel 5775 Mishpacha Magazine March 16, 2015
Kiruv Goes On: the Models Change Mishpacha Magazine October 5, 2014
Viewing One Another with a Favorable Eye Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman October 3, 2014
Rosh Hashanah 5775 -- Mishpacha Magazine September 24, 2014
Shavuot, the Source of Jewish Identity Jerusalem Post May 30, 2014
Behar 5774 -- Prepare to be Surprised; Carrying the Sparks of the Seder Forward Mishpacha Magazine May 9, 2014
MiKeitz 5774 -- No Standing in Place: Keeping the Lights Burning Moshpacha Magazine December 4, 2013
Erev Sukkos 5774 Mishpacha Magazine September 18, 2013
Letting Go of Hatred Jerusalem Post March 29, 2013
Rosh Hashanah 5773 -- Who Are You? unpublished September 16, 2012
Parashas Devarim 5772 -- Don't Build Up by Putting Down; The Cabdriver Has the Last Word; The Tolna Rebbe on a Lack of Hakaras Hatov Mishpacha Magazine July 25, 2012
Parashas Pinchas 5772 -- Our Walls Have Been Breached; Small Actions Big Results Mishpacha Magazine July 6, 2012
Sinai and Jewish Unity Jerusalem Post May 25, 2012
Pesach: the Gift of the Future Jerusalem Post April 17, 2011
Acharie Mos/Pesach 5771 -- Why Did Goldstone Retract: No Diamond Ring for the Kallah; Mishpacha Magazine April 13, 2011
Tzav 5771 -- Three on Adar Mishpacha Magazine March 9, 2011
Pekudei 5771 -- The Queen You Never Knew (Purim); Internet Addictions Mishpacha Magazine March 2, 2011
Mishpacha Blog 325 -- Erev Rosh Hashanah 5771 Mishpacha Magazine September 8, 2010
Zei a Gutte Yid Mishpacha Magazine March 28, 2010
For Your Name which was desecrated Mishpacha Magazine August 5, 2009
What Uri Benenfeld Teaches Us Mishpacha Magazine May 26, 2009
Sukkot and the Great Meltdown Jerusalem Post October 17, 2008
Pesach Hotels: A Second Look Mishpacha May 2, 2008
Five Star Pesach Mishpacha April 11, 2008
Yom Kippur Heroes Mishpacha October 18, 2007
Saying Sorry Jerusalem Post September 21, 2007
We each have a mission Mishpacha September 11, 2007
Wait Until Next Year Mishpacha July 25, 2007
A Powerful Metaphor, but does it Work? Yated Ne'eman July 17, 2007
An Irrefutable Proof Hamodia May 22, 2007
True Freedom Jerusalem Post April 5, 2007
Who's Cleaning for Pesach? Yated Ne'eman March 21, 2007
Purim, passports & Ahmadinejad Jerusalem Post March 8, 2007
Succot and the war in Lebanon Jerusalem Post October 5, 2006
Not Yet in a Yom Kippur Mindset Mishpacha September 27, 2006
Self-scrutiny and the national will Jerusalem Post September 21, 2006
Asking the right questions Mishpacha September 20, 2006
Celebrating Shavuos Alone Mishpacha May 31, 2006
A nation that knows not to ask Mishpacha April 22, 2006
Nisan – a Month Filled with Possibility Mishpacha April 20, 2006
Preventing the Next Lulav Panic Mishpacha November 3, 2005
Will there be lulavim? Hamodia October 16, 2005
Zman Simchaseinu Mishpacha October 13, 2005
The Joy of Yom Kippur London Jewish Tribune October 11, 2005
Do I Contradict Myself? Jerusalem Post October 7, 2005
Remember us for life Mishpacha October 2, 2005
Self scrutiny in Elul - 5705 Hamodia September 29, 2005
Time to Think about Ourselves Mishpacha September 28, 2005
Cleaning for their own good Hamodia April 15, 2005
Yacov and Michael Baltimore Jewish Times April 1, 2005
The double miracle of Purim London Jewish Tribune March 25, 2005
Lapid's Purimspiel Jerusalem Post March 25, 2005
Succot--the time of our rejoicing September 29, 2004
A multilayered judgment Baltimore Jewish Times September 10, 2004
Remember us for life Jerusalem Post September 10, 2004
Making fun of the scoffers Baltimore Jewish Times March 5, 2004
Breaking bad habits Baltimore Jewish Times October 3, 2003
Two Thoughts for Rosh Hashana Jerusalem Post September 26, 2003
Knowing what we are missing Baltimore Jewish Times August 8, 2003
Media power Hamodia July 23, 2003
Is the Jewish state losing its Jewishness? Jerusalem Post June 5, 2003
How to understand freedom Jerusalem Post April 18, 2003
Greek science and the science of the Torah Jerusalem Post December 6, 2002
Random thoughts before, during, and after Yom Kippur Jerusalem Post September 20, 2002
Hoping for a better year in 5763 Baltimore Jewish Times September 6, 2002
Where did Elul go? Jerusalem Post August 30, 2002
Too Much Mourning or Too Little? Jerusalem Post July 19, 2002
We are still His Children Jerusalem Post March 29, 2002
A new approach to kiruv Hamodia February 22, 2002
It will take another miracle Jerusalem Post December 14, 2001
A once-a-year opportunity Jerusalem Post International Edition September 21, 2001
Learning through fear Jerusalem Post September 21, 2001
Love of our fellow Jews and the judgment of Rosh Hashanah Baltimore Jewish Times September 13, 2001
Why we love to hate Jerusalem Post July 27, 2001
Shavuot and the limits of self Jerusalem Post May 29, 2001
A time to ask Jerusalem Post April 6, 2001
Purim Lessons Jerusalem Post March 9, 2001
Of men and trees Jerusalem Post International Edition February 9, 2001
Partners in creation Jerusalem Post February 9, 2001
A different kind of unity Jerusalem Post International Edition October 20, 2000
On selfishness Jerusalem Post September 29, 2000
Too many mitzvot? Jerusalem Post June 8, 2000
Of Matzot and Mitzvot Jerusalem Post April 21, 2000
Many ways to be a Jew Jerusalem Post October 9, 1999
True Jewish rejoicing Jerusalem Post September 24, 1999
A once-a-year opportunity Jerusalem Post September 17, 1999
Abolish the Three Weeks? Jerusalem Post July 16, 1999
Who knows one Jerusalem Post March 31, 1999
Topsy-Turvy Jerusalem Post February 26, 1999
Chanukah parallels Jerusalem Post December 18, 1998
Succot--the time of our rejoicing Jerusalem Post October 2, 1998
Looking within beginning anew Jerusalem Post September 20, 1998
Happy Tisha B'Av Jerusalem Post July 31, 1998
The poor bread of Pesach Jerusalem Post April 10, 1998
What is Chanukah about Jerusalem Post December 26, 1997
Yom Kippur reflections Jerusalem Post October 10, 1997

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