My letter to the CEO of Virgin Mobile paid off, although it took them two months to respond. I got a voicemail message from a woman there apologizing for the way my problem was handled and letting me know that she was sending me a new phone and putting a $10 credit on my account to… Read More »
This moving pro-Obama video testimonial is by Janette Hillis-Jaffe, an Orthodox Jew living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hillis-Jaffe was so offended by the anti-Obama smears being circulated in the Jewish community, that she felt compelled to respond by making this video. Some excerpts: I’m a Jewish Mother… so I worry! There was a time when I… Read More »
I sent the letter below to the CEO of Vigin Mobile over a month ago. Thus far, there has been no response. Can anyone suggest a decent, inexpensive prepaid cell phone service?
My wife and I have recently made the decision that, at least for the time being, we will no longer buy any Kosher butchered red meat (although we will probably continue to eat red meat out of our house and buy pre-prepared fleishig foods). I am writing this article to explain our decision, to (a)… Read More »
As I’ve written previously, I’ve been trying for almost a year to eliminate junk mail from my mailbox. The main strategy I use for this is, quite simply, to ask the organizations that send me junk mail to stop, and to escalate my request when it goes unheeded. In extreme cases, where the escalation is… Read More »
Several weeks ago, I contacted Joan Pasquale, the executive director of the Parents and Community Build Group (PCBG), to inquire about the possibility of volunteers for the Obama campaign running a voter registration table at the fair.
I grew up the son of a Conservative rabbi in the Twin Cities. The local Orthodox rabbi was not only a member (with my father) of the non-denominational Minnesota Rabbinical Council, he also served as its president. He cooperated with the city’s Conservative rabbis in supervision of a local bakery to ensure that there would… Read More »
Eleven days ago, I bounced a check. Ten days ago, I bounced another check. I didn’t even realize I’d done it until today, when I finally got around to plowing through the mound of paperwork I’d been allowing to accumulate for weeks in my inbox. I. Do. Not. Bounce. Checks.
In his weekly opinion column on August 22, M.J. Rosenberg argues that Israel would endanger Jews living outside of Israel by attacking Iran. Furthermore, he rattles off a frightening laundry list of negative outcomes which he claims would result from such an attack: “An Israeli attack on Iran—absent an imminent threat of attack from Iran—is… Read More »