Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Almost full! Quite some time ago our town's Chabad rabbi gave me this pushke.  It was empty then. Rabbi Shneor's hope was t...

. Every spring when these Israeli trees shed their flowers, turning the sidewalk a bright yellow, I am reminded of the Yiddish expressio...

. New plots are ready at my town's cemetery. Which brings to mind the old Yiddish proverb , As long as a man lives, the entire wo...

. As an old Yiddish proverb says, The world consists of cogs: one depends on the other. Di velt iz a hekeleh: ainer darf tsum anderen....

. What is a funny old way of saying "a distant relation" in Yiddish? Dem ferds baytsh-shtekls potkeve     דעם פערדס בייטש-ש...

. Eyal, my sweet grandson in Australia, can help illustrate another Yiddish proverb. If a stone stays in one place, it becomes overgro...

. Z is for zoo, the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem. And another old Yiddish saying: With time, even a bear can be taught to dance.    אַ...

. Another old Yiddish proverb: Better a crooked foot than a crooked mind   Beser a krumer fus eyder a krumer kop .

. Y is for Yiddish wit, for example: You can't make a shtreimel out of a pig's tail. Fun a khazer-shventsl ken men keyn ...

. The challenge of letter X comes around again today at ABC Wednesday meme. Tic-tac-toe is not the only fun way to use X and O. Rem...