The Curious Jew

The Cousin asked what I was reading lately so I figured I'd answer him.

But it was at Meggie everyone stared the longest. Perhaps remembering her own girlhood, and angered that all the other young ladies invited ...

A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired and unhappy Bring down ...

So today I woke up at 4:00 AM in order to get on a jet plane to fly back to New York. That all worked out very beautifully and on the plane ...

Folks, tis time to save the date! Our 4th Yeshiva University Medical Ethics Society conference will be taking place October 18 and is entit...

The difference between a Chasid and a Litvak is as follows: A Litvak uses his head and when the rain is coming down in wondrous sheets, he r...

My father lay upon the bed Death caressed his gentle head In an aged, wavering, quiet voice He called to us; he made his choice " Avi ,...

After reading such an incredible work, there was no way I could go to sleep without sharing at least a taste of these beautiful ideas with a...

If there is one book you should read before Rosh Hashana or before Yom Kippur (and if you cannot get it before then, then sometime this year...

Excerpt from "The Resurrection of the Dead and The Immortality of the Soul" from On Repentance in the Thought and Oral Discourses ...

To be Chana is to suffer. It's to be tortured by the Peninahs of the world, to have husbands believe that they can comfort you if only...

To me, this song was always more of a hymn. It's been playing in my head non-stop for a while for various reasons. To me, this was alway...

Just took a Tylenol PM in the hope that I can drug myself to sleep. I have never done that before and never wanted to do it but I have lain ...

It's 6 AM and I haven't slept. This is not for lack of trying. I hate being sick.

My fellow Bais Yaakov and Yeshiva students, I have something I wish to say to you. It has to do with R' Avigdor Miller and his works. ...

Per the two people who saw me within and coming back from the Gottesman Library (that lounge makes such a difference to the place, it's ...

I really liked this post by Yeshiva Guy entitled " The Old Candy Man and The Old Candy Store ." It's evocative and beautifull...

I absolutely adore Stephenie Morgan's art , especially her Dark Art. The women in the pictures always resonate with me. I am fascinated ...

So I'm sick. Sick beyond all reason. My throat's on fire and so are my ears and whenever I swallow, it's like I've chosen to...