A quick internet search on self-deprecating humour quickly yields an endless source of tweets, memes and silly comic strips that though sometimes funny just seem overall sad and can even make the reader a bit uncomfortable. Oftentimes racist, sexist, discriminatory or...

Over the past several weeks I have been trying to help our parents with their groceries and errands to make sure that they do not put their health at risk. And so, once a week, in the early morning, before stores open, I line up along with other daring shoppers to...

This week’s parashah, Parashat Vayikra, is the Parasha my younger son read for his Bar Mitzvah. With some editing on my part, the following words of Torah are drawn from the dvar Torah he shared so beautifully on that day. Parashat Vayikra is the start of the third...

There was never an expression that aggravated me more as a child than, “This too shall pass!” (Sorry Mom!). In my younger years, when the going got tough, it seemed interminable. I could not fathom how life would ever be the same again. As most young people, there...