Alastair’s First Pesach SederIt was a regular Friday afternoon two years ago, and I had gone to town with my kids to pick up some packages that had arrived from the…May 12May 12
A Sold Out Flight Had Me Spending a Day in GuyanaIt was almost midnight, and my wife and I had just landed in the small South American country of Guyana with our three exhausted children…Nov 22, 2023Nov 22, 2023
Matzah: The Bread of Faith“I will not be able to join you for the Passover Seder this year,” read the text from Larry on Wednesday morning.Apr 9, 2023Apr 9, 2023
A Jew in the Middle of NowhereThe sun was begging to set, and our two rabbinic interns from Ukraine had just pulled into the Soufriere rest stop to get a drink.Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Miracle at the Customs Office“Meet me at two o’clock on Friday at the ferry terminal,” said Yochanan.Oct 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022
Taxi Drivers Are Now Doing the RecruitingIt was a Friday morning like any other, the sun was shining, and the kids were already awake for hours.Jun 26, 2022Jun 26, 2022
The Kosher Chicken That Wasn’tLate one Friday afternoon, I was waiting in an extraordinarily long customs line at the Castries ferry terminal, constantly looking at the…Jun 12, 2022Jun 12, 2022
Kimmaya is Finally HomeSeveral years ago, I’d heard rumors of a Jewish woman who was a school teacher in the tiny village of Micoud, on St Lucia’s southeast…Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
Finding Bob in SoufrièreIt was a beautiful Caribbean day, and my brother Mendel and two of his fellow rabbinical students were driving down the streets of the…Jan 5, 2022Jan 5, 2022
I’m in Kazakhstan for Less Than Twenty-Four HoursThis afternoon, I landed in the former Kazakh capital of Almaty.Jul 28, 2021Jul 28, 2021
