I know all of you have been wondering about this for the past several months. It’s been bandied about on blogs, alluded to on Page Six, even discussed by Billy Bush on Entertainment Tonight. I wanted to keep this under wraps a bit longer, but events this past weekend have forced my hand. Today I …
Monthly Archives: February 2010
First Bad Hair Day Ever
It happened today: Dalia’s first bad hair day. Or at least, the first day where she was self-conscious about how her hair looks. It’s cold in New York, yet again, so I put a knit hat on her head, and when I took it off her head at school, her hair was its usual fly-away, …
What’s Harder, Fatherhood or Prosecuting Terrorists?
Ha! That’s a trick question—they’re equally difficult! At least, that’s according to attorney general Eric Holder, who recently told the Alliance of Concerned Men: Each day, I’m reminded of the threats we face, and I’m charged with protecting both the safety of the American people and the strength of our justice system. As solemn and …
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The Immortal Life of Yitta Schwartz
This weekend, the Times brought us the staggering story of Yitta Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary who died last week at 93. Mrs. Schwartz, a member of the Satmar Hasidim, had eighteen children, fifteen of whom lived to adulthood. Those fifteen, by and large, were as fecund as their mother, and the Hasidim tend …