After five interviews you actually get the dream job offer. Now you head over to HR and inform them that for religious reasons you will need to take off for Shabbat and Jewish holidays. You prepare a calendar for the HR team members, who are befuddled when it says that in the winter you will…
People constantly strategize looking for a good investment – whether it is for a good financial investment (tough in our time), a good investment of time and energy, or a good social investment (i.e. whom to make an effort with and to try to connect with). I have heard it said by fine peop…
Is there anything more difficult than saying the ultimate goodbye? Not too many years ago, when children embarked on a journey away from their hometown to start a new life, when they said goodbye, it very well could have been forever. Goodbye truly meant farewell. In our times, with Facetime…
One of the byproducts of the COVID-19 virus was that many stores stopped taking returns. There was naturally a concern about the handling of the products. This time of year, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur there is a special Shabbat, called Shabbat Shuva, or “The Shabbat of Return.”…
Have you ever felt less noticed and a bit lost in a crowd? Although we live in a world that aims to be inclusive, there are still always those who emerge in the limelight. There is only one valedictorian, one lead soloist, and one president of the class. When all the graduates stand on the …
