With the celebration of Fathers Day and the onset of summer this week, beach season begins. Among the Mitzvot – the sacred obligations — which a father owes his son is, according to the Sages, to teach him how “to swim in the sea” (Kiddushin 29A: this in addition to providing for his circumcision, redemption of the firstborn, and religious education – and to preparing...
I used to be a father. I still am, and now I’m a grandfather, too. But it’s a load I can handle because the job description is just about identical. It calls for inspiration – of young minds and young hearts; especially grandkids who are remote and therefore consider themselves safe from my constant inspirational messages.
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 puppet-makers are a rare breed. You could further say, of these few, that none entered the profession via the twisted path of Yossi of Zolno.
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — As the new Superman movie “Man of Steel” flies to an opening on Father’s Day weekend, we earthbound Jewish men have the superhero’s creators — Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Jewish teenagers from Cleveland — to thank for setting such a super high bar.
Especially if Superman, the ultimate immigrant, is a member of the tribe, as cultural commentators like Harry Brod...
