Like many people, I met two of my closest friends while in college. Initially, we got along through commiserating with each other over some assignment or annoying classmate, perhaps the humdrum of jobs relegated to college students. Eventually, we became very close, and I gladly hosted them for late-night hangouts and even Jewish holidays, like […]

Passover commemorates the dramatic exodus of the Jews from Egypt after a sojourn of 210 years. The centrality of this experience in Jewish life cannot be overstated. There is a commandment to recount and remember the Exodus every day of the year, morning and evening. In Friday night kiddush, we declare “zecher l’yetzeat mitzraim” – […]