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Stephen Horenstein

Feb 17, 2019, 12:29 PM

Potholes and Fresh Tar

I am sick of potholes and fresh tar. The obstacle course around our house is not the fun kind. It's like living in Gary Indiana, Columbus, Trenton, and Buffalo, all rolled up into one; we now share the reddish...

Feb 7, 2019, 2:37 PM

Candy stripes and the road

Kissing cars

Did you ever notice how Israeli parking is dictated by colors painted on the curb? Which are then ignored when the rules get in the way

Ethan Greenwood

Feb 5, 2019, 7:34 AM

Lifestyle tips for Orthodox Jews (a la Marie Kondo)

The self-help celeb insists you don't need more than 30 books. Ignore that advice -- you need way, way more than 30

Stephen Horenstein

Jan 27, 2019, 10:00 PM

Coffee-crazed and loving it

I just started to meditate on coffee after hearing that it can prevent all kinds of ailments from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. J.S. Bach wrote a Coffee Cantata and I wonder why. Perhaps he instinctively knew the powers of...

Leonard Grunstein

Jan 24, 2019, 10:19 AM

Kvetching and the Divine

Does G-d appreciate our complaining? If not then why is it such a quintessential part of the human condition? Oh, sure there are stoics among us; but most can’t repress the urge to complain about something, at some time. It...

Jan 17, 2019, 10:04 PM

The Jewish Friars’ Influence on Comedy

The American award season is in full swing and for the second year in a row “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is showering in the hardware. While the Amazon web series may be receiving accolades for its inspiring representation of...

Stephen Horenstein

Jan 9, 2019, 10:16 AM

The first time I made schnitzel… :)

Yesterday I made my first chicken schnitzel. I went out and bought 1.6 kilo of schnitzel meat, without antibiotics. I paid 30 shekels; it was enough for at least 4-6 portions. I thought to myself, "a schnitzel dinner at...

Jan 8, 2019, 9:27 PM

The Glamorous Giver and the Disheveled Do-Gooder

When I come to stand before the heavenly court, I do not fear the question: “Why weren’t you Moses?” I was not equipped to be Moses. But I tremble for the day that it will be demanded of me: “Why weren’t...

Stephen Horenstein

Jan 8, 2019, 9:48 AM

A flower that can hear approaching bees … Hmmm

My Tree House

In today's TOI this fascinating item appeared: Israeli Scientists Say Scientists have discovered a flower that can hear approaching bees! Fame is a bee. (1788) By Emily Dickinson Fame is a bee. It has a song— It...

Stephen Horenstein

Jan 2, 2019, 6:33 PM

Lexicon of Political Invective

We are now heading for that time when televisions and radios will scream out with familiar rants and rhymes of political advertisements. With that will come the typical clichés we have become so accustomed to during election seasons. Yesterday...

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