I wrote "The Incredible Sandy Stein" for a contest at the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture. There were only two rules for submissions:...

I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, a Los Angeles suburb once known for orange groves and wide open fields where they used to film...

The day started out like any other day. Ordinary and uneventful – just the way I like it. I’d been running errands when, as if pulled by...