My wife has been on the road a lot in the past two weeks. Last week, I was home alone with the kids; our part-time nanny was on vacation. So it was just me.
Maybe this won't impress the moms, who handle the complex multi-tasking of work and family on a regular basis, but I managed to keep all three of the kids happy and healthy and on time, while also doing my own work, exercise, etc.
This week, the nanny is back, so I have a much easier task. But it's still busy.
And you know what? It's the best kind of busy. My kids are incredible, we live in a beautiful place, and my work is flexible enough to allow me to balance things.
When I feel I should be doing more, or traveling more, or achieving more, I am reminded that few fathers have the luxury of being able to participate this fully in the daily routines of raising their kids. I miss them when I'm not with them.
I'm grateful for my job and for the work I am able to do, and for the partnership of the most incredible wife in the world, who has exceeded my wildest dreams.
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- The state of the economy
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- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
