Entries by alangilman

The Jewish Advantage

In the classic play and movie, “Fiddler on the Roof,” based on the stories of famed Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, the main character, Tevye the Milkman, upon hearing from the local constable of an upcoming pogrom in their small Russian village, complains to God, saying: “Dear God, did you have to send me news like […]

God’s Best Practices

We live in a day of unprecedented social change. The forces which have brought about everything from radical Islam to the redefinition of marriage and family have been at work for a long time, but it’s only more recently that their fruit has ripened unto harvest. It’s not as if there haven’t been those who […]