January 2012

My interview with author Myrna Shanker about her new book that tells the story of a most exceptional mutt.   I know that your book, “Lazar the Good Deed Dog”, is based on a real life dog who lives at a senior residence in Michigan. How did you first learn about this Lazar? I met… Read more »

2011 Finalist for the National Book Award   By accepting twenty dollars a week to play third base for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1866, Lip Pike became baseball’s first professional player. His story, from  his early childhood obstacles all the way to his professional success  is retold in “Lipman Pike-America’s First Home Run King”. Interwoven… Read more »

There are no holidays this month. And it’s not snowing. But there is always Shabbos!Click than the picture above, and print. And if you have a second, tell me in the comments below who you plan to share the page with.  

Well, my Dad is selling an Elvis poster on ebay that he found at a tag sale, so I figured I would try it out here. I started with my Ashet Chayil. I wonder if this will work at all…    

I made this for Sela Tamar Boord’s Bat Mitzvah. Her name means ‘Shadowed Palm tree, so aren’t I clever to pick up on that?