I was sitting on a plane last week. I was headed to Florida to drop my son off at Winter camp. Sitting next to me was a young man and his...

I write this sitting on a plane as I head to my cousin's wedding (Mazal Tov Isaac & Dora!) with mixed feelings. Five years ago I sat on a...

It's Shabbat morning and there's a traffic jam in Duluth. Dozens of cars schlepping everything from bicycles and boats to RVs and Jeeps...

It's funny what things resonate with us. Especially things we've heard before. I recently came across a podcast with good time management...

It's Wednesday 7:00 p.m. the fourth night of Chanukah. After lighting the Menorah and having some latkes with the family, it was time to...

I just got back from a fantastic crazy weekend. There was delicious food, friends, family, and lots of helpful brainstorming. I'm talking...

My son Meir recently started taking ice skating lessons at the Duluth heritage hockey center. He had never even laced up ice skates...

This week has been declared by Duluth Mayor Emily Larson "Education and Sharing week". Over the last four decades, the US Congress has...

Passover is just a couple of weeks away and preparations are in full swing. We're buying wine, grape juice, horseradish and of course...

War is raging in Ukraine. People are fleeing for their lives, including some of the over 300,000 Jews living in the region. When we see...

Waking up to find a foot of snow on the ground is a pretty often occurrence living in the Northland. "It's a snow day!" often feels like...

Dancing not allowed?! That's right. Recently during a routine check of the Duluth city code, an archaic rule was discovered....

The final night of Chanukah we light all eight candles of the Menorah the culmination of increasing every night. But what about the ninth...

Chanukah is coming there's a lot to do. Events to plan, things to buy, candles to give out and much more. Going through the inventory I...

It was November 2019, and as a newly minted Minnesotan I expected that snow removal would be an organized effort that was done regularly...

Summer days with great weather are a limited commodity in Duluth, so we try to spend as much time as we can enjoying the outdoors. Which...

Much of Minnesota is experiencing an interesting phenomena, smoke from wildfires in Canada has traveled hundreds of miles and is covering...

A few weeks ago a Jewish woman in the community passed away. Sadly her children had no money for a burial and were considering cremation....

Baseball is back! The crack of the bat and the smell of freshly cut grass ushers in the summer months. Whether it's the Duluth Huskies...

In the Dayenu song that is recited in the Hagaddah we thank G-d for each individual miracle that he did for the Jewish nation as they...