by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
`Forward the Light Brigade!’ Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the soldier knew Some one had blunder’d: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do & die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.”...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
If a person’s home is her castle, must she surrender its values? When a group of Israeli Orthodox Rabbis decided in early January that the Internet’s many dangers outweigh its value in a traditional home, the media responded as it traditionally does...
by Judy Gruen | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
My daughter just turned seven, and the occasion of her birthday brought with it a modest bundle of birthday gifts. With a new pile of things to put away, I decided that her room was ripe for a minor purging of broken or obsolete playthings. We worked together,...
by Jeff Jacoby | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
It isn’t the case that the parents of John Walker — the Marin County child of privilege turned Taliban terrorist — never drew the line with their son. True, they didn’t do so when he was 14 and his consuming passion was collecting hip-hop CDs...
by Jeff Jacoby | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
March 24, 2002 My beloved Caleb, You haven’t gotten much bigger since last March — you’re only three inches taller and three pounds heavier. But those aren’t the only ways in which you’ve been maturing. When you turned 4 last year, you...
