Category: Essays

  • My Torah Guys

    I love photographs. This one is from a much-loved volume of old photos of the Holy Land. It shows three men sitting next to the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem. I call it “My Torah Guys.” I don’t know if that’s really a Torah the guy on the left is holding (I doubt it…), but…

  • Why I Love (Jewish) Books

    I lack my mother’s talent at crafty things. My childhood cross-stitches were uneven. Crocheting made my fingers hurt. And knitting? A non-starter. But I do enjoy the results of her work, and my favorite is a pinwheel quilt she made for me many years ago — out of book fabric. It’s big. I love to…