After months of urging by my wife, I finally made an appointment with an ENT to have my hearing checked. My wife figured that since I wasn’t listening to her I must not have been hearing her in …
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of Jan. 23, 2009 / 27 Tevet 5769
Did you ever wonder why the heart and the mind are concealed while the hands are exposed? In my …
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1/21/09
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of June 11, 2010/ 29 Sivan 5770 Occasionally, the times demand that you go it alone. That is called courage. Courage is a soldier …
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6/9/10
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By David Seidemann
Issue of Oct. 17, 2008
The number seven represents nature in Judaism, and the ultimate that man can achieve in its realm. At the conclusion of every cycle of seven, …
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10/16/08
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of May 8, 2009 / 14 Iyar 5769
It’s not for mortal man to view what happens to another and opine as to whether he or she …
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5/6/09
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A spiritual high
By David Seidemann
Fame and fortune have finally arrived. I entered a restaurant on Father’s Day, wife and kids in tow, and was greeted by a maitre de of sorts.
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7/1/08
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of Jan. 30, 2009 / 5 Shevat 5769
When my father was four, a Jew in Germany could not walk the streets with ease.
When I was …
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1/27/09
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of August 14, 2009 / 24 Av 5769
By now everyone is familiar with the "cash for clunkers" program administered by the government …
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8/12/09
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Killing to live
By David Seidemann
Any time. Any day. In a heartbeat I would gladly swap 400 to 500, even 600 of the enemy alive, for one or two dead Israeli soldiers. And I’d free a …
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7/9/08
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From the other side of the bench
by David Seidemann
Issue of November 27 2009/ 10 Cheshvan 5770
Let me make this as clear and simple as possible. If an armed gunman enters a liquor store, …
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11/24/09
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