Passover Thoughts

Click Here to Read: Let Our Data Go: This Passover, let’s break free from the new Pharaoh, Mark Zuckerberg, and cast aside the chametz that is social media By Liel Leibovitz on the Tablet website on march 26, 2018.

Click Here to Read: An Air Force Chaplain’s Unforgettable Passover, 50 Years Ago: How a week of military leave created one rabbi’s unlikely connections to Menachem Begin and Ted Kennedy, on the eve of the Six-Day War By Jordan Hiller By Jordan Hiller on the Table Website on April 10, 2017.

Click Here to Read: A Seder of my Own: After my mother died, I made Passover just the way she did—until, drawing inspiration from Purim, I made my own tradition By Rachel Mesch on the Tablet website on April 1, 2015.

Click Here to Read: Why Even Some Jews Once Believed Moses Had Horns. It is often said that this is a simple matter of mistranslation, but Vulgate author Saint Jerome would not have made such a crude mistake by Elon Gilad on the Ha’aretz website on March 27, 2018.

St. Patrick’s Day: March 17, 2018

Click Here to Read: The Irish Psyche And Sigmund Freud by the Irish American Mom Blog on the Irish American Mom Blog on March 18, 2013.

Click Here to Read: Who was St. Patrick: Meet Ireland’s Patron Saint by Shane Croucher on the NewsWeek Website on March 16, 2018.

Saint Patrick Catholic Church (Junction City, Ohio) – stained glass, Saint Patrick – detail Photo by Nheyob. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Today Is the 30th Anniversary of Pi Day. Here’s What You Should Know About the Irrational Number

Click Here to Read:   Today Is the 30th Anniversary of Pi Day. Here’s What You Should Know About the Irrational Number By Eli Meixler on the Time Magazine website March 14, 2018.

Click Here to Read: Forget Pi Day. We should be celebrating Tau Day: When it comes to teaching trigonometry, the mathematical concept of pi is flawed BY Emily Conover in Sceince News on March 14, 2018/

Click Here to Read: Pi Day 2015: a sweet treat for maths fans. Ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter has sparked memory contests and even a language – this year’s celebration of π is a once-in-100-year occasion. He ate all the pi : Japanese man memorises π to 111,700 digits by Alex Bellows on The Guardian Website on March 13, 2015.

A bear pie with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries to help with coming out of hibernation. Traditional pâte brisée, crust-wise. Photo by Evan Shelhamer.

How to Admit That You’re Wrong (Even If You’re Always Right)

Click Here to Read:  How to Admit That You’re Wrong (Even If You’re Always Right): In this age of denialism, it’s more important to state plain truths such as “I was wrong.” It also makes you a better role model.By Louis Anthony Loftus on the Fatherly website on February 27 2018.

Photo:Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons