Down By The Shul Yard

Someone taught Danny Saunders to hit a ball, run the bases, and come home. Chaim Potok‘s adolescent character in The Chosen emerges from a culture steeped in tradition, education, learning and study. While his family’s primary focus may have been the Torah and the Talmud, someone took responsibility for extending Danny’s learning to the ball […]

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Every Seven Days

A friend who has read the Jewish bible & the New Testament three times tells me that everything one needs to know is in these books. Is the weekly cycle – six days of creation, followed by the day of rest – described in Genesis more important than many of today’s men and women know? Man’s ancient […]

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Next Year in Jerusalem

When was the last time you looked forward, optimistically, to the Mets’ next season? It’s been a long time coming. You can, now. During Friday’s (Oct 30) reassuring Game 3 of the 2015 World Series between the Mets and the Royals, Pray4Mets team member W.S. asked about the next weekly Pray4Mets blog post, which would reflect the […]

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