By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Whenever we were sick or injured, my mother would smash up 3-4,000 milligrams of vitamin C to help us heal. A fan of Linus Pauling, who was a proponent of vitamin C, she claimed that the reason I still have an eyebrow after a bike accident when I was a kid is becaus…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
I enjoy reading and reviewing books with similar subject matter because they often complement each other, giving me more insight into the topic than either would alone. That’s why, after receiving a review copy of Scott D. Seligman’s “The Great Christmas Boyco…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“Kaplan’s Plot”
At first, I wondered why such a fuss had been made about “Kaplan’s Plot” by Jason Diamond (Flatiron Books). The novel made several “most anticipated books of the year” lists, which is one of the reasons I asked for a review copy. How…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Rom-com
I am a ginormous fan of Jean Meltzer’s rom-coms. (Yes, I know some people don’t consider ginormous a real word, but it is listed as one in the Oxford Language and the Merriam-Webster dictionaries.) The fact that I’m using a fancy word, rather than jus…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Among the many debates about food is one about whether ice cream is only a summer, warm-weather food or if it can be eaten year-round. While I confess that I love eating an ice cream cone while sitting on a bench outside one of my favorite ice cream parlors during t…
