Out There by HERB KEINON October 28, 2016 IT’S A FAMILY tradition that dates back some 30 years, when The Wife and I first got married. Every year on the eve of Yom Kippur, we sit down and apologize to…
High Holy Day Dissonance
OUT THERE by HERB KEINON September 29, 2016 IT’S A Rosh Hashana liturgical moment seared into my memory. There I was as an early teen, sitting during the long day’s prayers with my father in our Denver synagogue. As Jews…
The secret to a harmonious life: A just, fair distribution of chores
Out There Column By HERB KEINON September 2, 2016 CHORES ARE an integral, inescapable part of daily living. Beds gotta get made, clothes gotta get cleaned, food’s gotta get bought, vegetables gotta get cut up, floors gotta get swept, cars…
One son out of the IDF, two now in: Still Sweating After All These Years
OUT THERE by HERB KEINON August 5, 2016 One of the benefits of having a relatively large family is that you have a pretty good idea of what’s coming down the chute. With four kids some eight years apart, I…
My kid goes with the flow; in his eye’s, The Wife and I just clog the drain
GOING WITH THE FLOW OUT THERE by HERB KEINON July 1, 2016 I WATCHED With jaw agape two weeks ago as my youngest son, due to start his army service soon, planned a last-minute trip to Greece with a couple…
The Good Doctor
OUT THERE by HERB KEINON June 3, 2016 IT TOOK me a while, but I’ve found my dream doctor. Wonderful guy, my doctor. Truly. And of his many fine qualities there are two in particular that specially endear him to…
Appreciating the wonderful utility of blame
BLAMING THE BEES OUT THERE by HERB KEINON April 28, 2016 IT WAS AS if I had stumbled onto a set of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, only this one starred bees, not birds. It was early on a peaceful Saturday…
Israel, just like a ‘normal’ country
A TRUMP-INDUCED REALITY TEST OUT THERE by HERB KEINON April 1, 2016 When things get rough here or the politics get particularly nasty and absurd, or people waiting for an elevator don’t realize that first you have to let the…
The amazing knowledge of Rabbi Google
JUST GOOGLE IT OUT THERE by HERB KEINON FEB. 26, 2016 THE INTERNET IS a wonderful thing, nothing less than a compendium of all human knowledge. And Google is its key. We take it for granted, this Google. We forget…
No sense of stocks or booze
OUT THERE: MARKET TIPS by HERB KEINON Jan. 31, 2016 I am many things. A financial genius is not one of them. And, like so many of my other shortcomings, I blame my parents. I was blessed with loving parents…