Get Lost >>
Date: 2016-06-01 | Id: rdw19

I mean it. This summer, get lost. Remember driving somewhere before the invention of GPS navigation? Before MapQuest? People would give directions over the phone, we’d dutifully copy them down (usually omitting just one key item), and we’d set off on our journey.

You Can Do This >>
Date: 2016-04-20 | Id: rdw20

You. Can. Do. This.

When we hear that there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah, there is a temptation to give up and say, “Well, I’ll just try to be a good person. That’s all Judaism really wants.” But it’s not.

Happy Purim!!??? >>
Date: 2016-02-03 | Id: rdw21

This is my Purim article. I’m stating this at the outset because it is about the Veterans’ Administration, and it would be funny – hilarious, actually – if it weren’t true. But as a writer once said, “Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.”

Best Hanukkah Gift – EVER >>
Date: 2015-12-03 | Id: rdw22

"Shopping” is not one of the skills listed on my resume. But I would like to give you a Hanukkah gift idea which will not only be one of the best presents you ever give to someone you love, but will be one which is remembered long, long after every other gift is forgotten.

Our Mothers’ Names >>
Date: 2015-10-01 | Id: rdw23

No, the grave marker pictured is not in honor of Halloween. But it is about honor. …

Rabbi, Do You Support the Iran Agreement? >>
Date: 2015-09-04 | Id: rwd24

Over recent weeks, the Iran agreement has been the number one topic of conversation in Jewish circles. Many people have asked me if I am going to speak about it on the High Holidays, and I told them no, I am not. Here is why.