Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 |
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, was not Jewish. Sure, Adam Sandler, Goldie Hawn, Kirk Douglas, Alan Greenspan, and Bill Goldberg (a wrestling champ like Jacob) are Jewish. So...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Saturday a.m. in shul. Only 9:30 and already my eyes were tired. I rested them for a minute and thought of Yossi the puppet-maker. Surely, you could say with accuracy that Jewish...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
A midrash, you know, is a story, a parable – maybe told by an identifiable rabbi – maybe only an anonymous tale gray with age. Of all the great and inspirational midrashim told by...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Our Bible, our Tanach, is a surprising, sometimes shocking, book. And let’s be honest, most of us haven’t read it, cover to cover, since Sunday School days. And even then our adolescent...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Her name was Rachel – his was Nathan. And even though separated by two bar stools, they struggled through twenty minutes of awkward conversation before their last names appeared. Greenberg went with...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Contrary to current political correctness, in all matters especially regarding species – our maker is not an integrationist. Like it or not, the Torah preaches separation. My point is not to condemn...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
At a recent Shabbos service our Rabbi delivered a stirring D’var Torah on the misdeeds of some of our fellow Jews, “In the words of the Prophet Jeremiah,” said the Rabbi, “I...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Who would have believed it? Every day we survive in this vale of tears – or hall of comedy, depending on your outlook – we learn something new.
It began innocently enough....
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Many bible scholars, both Jewish and Christian, make the obvious point that Christianity stresses forgiveness while Judaism gives it a glance, says it’s a nice thing, but then bounces back to justice,...
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Our bible, according to my concordance, tells us repetitively to love G-d. How can we comply with this mandate – Love G-d? I love my wife, kids, a few highly select...
