Opinion

New Yorkers, get ready: The plastic bags we’ve been using for decades will soon become a relic of the past.

In case you’re ever considering planning a bar mitzvah for the Shabbos (and Sunday) immediately after yom tov, I would not advise it. Despite it sounding like a good way to get rid of yom tov leftovers.

Today, we present the winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes. The Ig Nobel Ceremony, which I write about every year, is exactly like the Nobel prizes, except that there’s not really a cash prize, it’s also given for research that didn’t work out, and they don’t pay to fly the winners in. If you want your prize, you have to come get it.

I feel like if women can complain about Pesach, then men should get to say something about Sukkos.  At the very least, there should be shiurim to help us cope.

My wife is very into test-driving cars, but she only really gives into that urge when we’re actually looking to buy one.

I’m telling the kids that our rooster went off to live on a farm. It sounds like a lie that parents tell their kids, but it’s true.