Torah Observant Jew + Patent Attorney
The Question: Earth’s Water Came From Where? MinuteEarth / MinutePhysics are great YouTube channels discussing various topics about earth / physics in short videos. I highly recommend them. The writer, a theoretical physicist, even has a video...
Introduction to Philadelphia Philadelphia has quite a few places to visit with the family. My favorites are the Franklin Institute and Please Touch museum. You can spend a day in each. As with many...
In issues of political contention, I often have hard times making decisions. There’s typically a reason they’re in contention in the first place. The Torah helps solve a lot of these and let’s us...
My Shavuous Experiences Shavuous is one of the three regalim, three pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Succos [Sukkot]. Jews celebrate the anniversary of receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai, but there are no special...
Typically I post when I feel I have an answer. On a high level, I’ve written about things why good things happen to bad people and how there can be seeming evil in the...
Introduction Every now and then, an email or meme mocks words from the Torah, preying on the unlearned. Sometimes, the writer shows themselves to be extremely unlearned as in the case of the alleged...
Introduction Lancaster, Pennsylvania as well as Harrisburg make for great vacation for younger children. Our family went when our oldest was about six years old, but there’s plenty to do for up to about...
Jewish Timeline I wrote an earlier article showing the unbroken chain from the Exodus in Egypt (circa. 3300 years ago). The article takes us through the end of the biblical era (circa. 2500 years...
Les Miserables Last year, the Maccabeats, best known for the most popular mainstream Chanukah song since Adam Sandler, released their Passover music to Les Miserables: It fits all too well, but this shouldn’t be...
I picked up my latest book in a very different manner than normal. Rabbi Yonah Landau walked up to me in shul, as the gabbi [leader guy] and asked if he could make an...