Current E-geress Article

By Rabbi Yisrael Rutman

Like most people, I have never been able to draw more than stick figures. And so, each time the need has arisen to draw something I have been frustrated by that limitation, the inability of the hand to illustrate what the eye can see beyond the most primitive results.

But recently I have found a certain consolation in the discovery that there is more to stick figures than I thought.

E-geress 2nd Article

Once upon a time, sociologists wondered how people would cope over time with the anonymity and uprootedness of urban life. Today, we have an answer: Social networking. Twitter, Facebook and the others have enabled millions to make connections and to some extent overcome loneliness.

• The Names of Chanukah

E-geress 3rd Article

There is something about Chanukkah.

The joy of the festival, it has often been observed, crosses the religious-secular divide
and almost every other barrier. It has even become a tradition in the White House, where
Democratic and Republican presidents alike preside over a Chanukkah ceremony.

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