Throughout last month, the Israeli people commemorated the 25th anniversary of the historic visit to Israel by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and the resulting peace accord between Israel and Egypt.
The Pilgrims of New Salem, Mass., were so moved by the stories of the ancient Israelites that they thought of America as their Zion and New Salem as their Jerusalem.
Last week, before the premiere of my new show \”While You Were Out,\” I got my first big national magazine review.
After 22 years of separation, believing his beloved son dead, Jacob was startled to hear that Joseph was not only alive but that he ruled the land of Egypt.
The ancient rabbis practiced a relatively simple form of medicine: cabbage for sustenance, beets for healing.
God gave Noah many instructions on how to build the ark. It took Noah 120 days to build it. The rabbis ask: \”Why did it take him so long?\” And the answer: \”God was giving Noah a chance to talk to his neighbors.\” The neighbors would come up to Noah and say: \”Why are you building this ark?\” And Noah was supposed to say: \”Because God is sending a flood to destroy all you wicked people.\” Chances are, many of the wicked people would have repented and been saved. But Noah was too shy to talk to his neighbors. And so, he built his ark, got into it and sailed away, while everyone else drowned.
We have a tendency to either divinize or demonize our heroes. Either extreme is dangerously misleading.
Not long ago, on a trip to Israel, I heard the following story about an Israeli doctor and patient.
Every summer, my sisters and I, along with our husbands and children, spend a few days with our parents at Red\’s Meadow resort near Mammoth.
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