The Adventures of Shainy and Brainy – now available in hardcover

The Shainy and Brainy series is about twins, who always get in trouble, big trouble. The stories are for kids of all ages, perfect for bedtime, for telling around the table or for any occasion. The stories will stretch your imagination (with dinosaurs, time machines, infinitely expanding matzo balls and more), grip your emotions and leave you desperately wanting more.

These are Jack Reichman's stories. Shainy and Brainy were hatched in the 1950s and continued to be told by Jack for five decades, first to his younger sister and brother, and later to his sons, nephews, nieces and almost any child between the age of three and sixty who happened to be around.

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HOW TO GET COPIES OF THE BOOK:
You can purchase the books our secure on-line order from. Click here to purchase the books on line. Better yet, contribute to the Jack Zev Reichman Endowed Scholarship Fund at the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT)and we’ll mail you a free copy. The Fund supports Ethiopian students at JCT. Contributions are tax deductible. Click here for more info about the scholarship fund.

Mishna Study for Jack

So far we have published a series of Mishna study pages in honor of Jack. We hope to add additional page moving forward.

Issue 1 – Tractate Eduyot (Spelling of Mishna, When the Guard was removed from the study hall – beit midrash , A note on titles applied in the Mishna)
Issue 2 – Tractate Megilla (Reading the Megilla from a sitting position, Hedonism as a Lifestyle Choice in the Megilla, Missing Dialog in the Megilla)
Issue 3 – More Tractate Megilla (Purim and the Halllel mystery -- do we read praise, lekro Hallel, or do we praise?)
Issue 4 – Tractate Moed Katan (The Mishna and the Mentsch, “Make Work” for the Poor, What is a Mentsch?)
This issue also available in HTML.
Issue 5 – The Mathematician and the Mishna (or, Allocation of Assets in The Case of Bankruptcy). This issue also available in HTML.
Issue 6 – Tractate Chagiga: Relaxing the Rules to Avoid Enmity. Second in the series The Mishna and the Mentsch. What happens when issues of ritual purity and impurity impact pilgrims during the festivals and inhibit social cohesion? This issue also available in HTML.
Issue 7 – Tractate Baba Metzia: Competition, Dumping, or Price Collusion In the Mishna . Is the mishna in favor of unfettered free competition? Is the mishna concerned only with the welfare of consumers, or is the mishna concerned with merchants earning a fair living? This issue also available in HTML.
Issue 8 – Tractate Brachot: Attributing Motive to the Mitzva:Character refinement in the Mishna . Or, maybe not. The case of sending away the mother bird before taking eggs or chicks from the nest. This issue also available in HTML.
Check back soon to see new issues, including Privacy in the MIshna and Buying Futures in Marriage Contracts.

The Jack Zev Reichman Endowed Scholarship Fund at the Jerusalem College of Technology

The fund supports students in the "Ethiopians for Engineers" program at the Jerusalem College of Technology. With over 50 alumni, and some 94 students in various stages of the program, the scholarship fund is helping making a difference in the lives of the students and their extended families by opening doors to knowledge, breaking the cycle of poverty, and empowering our Ethiopian brothers and sisters to reach leadership positions in industry and finance, science and government. Contributions are tax deductible. In the US, make your check payable to “Friends of JCT”, 358 Fifth Ave, Suite 1406, New York, NY 10001. So that we can ship you your book, let us know at jzr-scholarship-fund @ methodm.com. Click here to learn more abut the scholarship fund.

The Adventures of Shainy and Brainy – now available in hardcover

Mishna Study for Jack

The Jack Zev Reichman Endowed Scholarship Fund at the Jerusalem College of Technology

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