By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
I imagine that some people are wondering why I haven’t written about the Hunter Biden criminal probe, especially now that a special counsel has been appointed. There’s a simple reason: our justice system is proceeding in the appropriate manner. The judge decide…
By Bill Simons
This summer, history unfolded on 700 Grant St., Pittsburgh, in United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. On the fifth floor, courtroom 5B, Judge Robert J. Colville presided over USA vs. Robert Bowers. With jury selection and determination of guilt comp…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
There’s a legend that the recitation of the Mourner’s Kaddish began when Rabbi Akiva saw a man struggling under a great burden. When asked if he could help, the man told Akiva that he was dead and the work was his punishment. When Akiva asked what could be done…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
How ironic to be reading a book about a country that passed a law making it illegal to mention that its population helped exterminate Jews at the conclusion of World War II and then read a newspaper article showing something similar happening in our country. Howeve…
By Shelley Hubal
There is a narrow bend on the Lilly Lake Trail at Chenango Valley State Park where the Pine trees stand like giants, their fallen needles soften the path below. In the summer, the lilies crowd the lake and, on a sunny day, there are lazy turtles sunning themselves on a log…
