Elisha Greenbaum

It pains me to admit this, but I’m a shocking borrower. I borrow books—just for a day or two, of course—and keep them for months or even years past their due date. A friend lent me his electric drill so I could set up my sukkah, and six months later it’s ...

Judaism takes an inverse attitude to conspicuous consumption.

What’s so terrible, anyway? It’s not as if I was intending to harm anyone. Just a little white lie for short-term gain, with no obvious pain to come.

If He wanted us to live up to—and be inspired by—a full set of ten expressions, why did He deliver them in shorthand?

The pages of history are full of examples of artists and composers with genuine talent who were disregarded during their lifetimes.

Though hailing from a 500-year line of rabbis and religious thinkers, trained in traditional Lithuanian yeshivahs and with a Ph.D. in philosophy, he provided almost no systematic grounding in Judaism to his own children.

There are two different types of failed politicians.

Can one truly break away from the evil that others did, and resolve to act with generosity and understanding to others?

The judges who spoke at the course went to great pains to impress upon us that they saw themselves as disinterested umpires. In contrast, the primary role of a dayan is to determine the truth...

It's a sign of maturity to want to test your mettle against the big boys, to challenge yourself to be your best, and let the honors fall as they may.