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  Who’s Your Daddy? AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following essay details my thoughts about God’s genitalia. Some might find this shocking. And it very may be.

  “It’s our little secret,” I hear grandma say into the black metal telephone handset I’m holding with two hands. I’m about 5 years old.

  The rabbi who had been working with Charley’s family was forced to leave when Charley — suffering from untreatable cancer — chose to schedule

My assessment of the Apple Watch—get it for this singular feature: its ability to ping your phone—sold both my neighbor Betsy and my mom on

  After hearing the cycle of the alarm clock and snooze button from 7:00 until now, 7:32, I open her shades and curtain. “Time to

George Carlin had a routine about how anyone who drives faster than you is a maniac and anyone who drives slower is an idiot. “It’s

  There are difficult things to think about when it comes to starting a new religion. Getting started with filling out the paperwork shouldn’t be

  Years ago, I wisely gifted visiting friends the large, stainless steel mandoline I had received years earlier as a wedding present. (I wrote “I

  It’s raining. People think it’s always raining in Portland, but that’s not true. We have lots of moisture in the air more than 150

Dr. Robert Farrar stands at the front of the corner-windowed third-floor classroom. We are waiting for the official class time. Only then will he begin

  I flew from Los Angeles to New York to attend my friend Arthur’s rabbinic ordination.   “His seminary isn’t legitimate,” I hear from some

  In this moment, I can accurately predict the future—she won’t eat the cheese bagels that she is about to put in the cart.  

  “Do you see these?” I ask, pointing to the dozens of packing slips I have taped to the wall next to the fire escape

  Spiritualigious Shorts Three Rabbi Brian mini-stories. Let them be The Fontainebleau’s lavishly-decorated ballroom is filled with florists, musicians tuning instruments, and a bevy of