Post Jewish Aloneness: A Blessing or a Curse? Being alone can be either a wonderful experience or a punishment. Parents frequently resort to the classic ‘Go to your room!’ as a disciplinary measure, but many children relish the… Read More
Post Joshua or Caleb: What Makes an Exceptional Leader? Eeny, meeny, miny, mo… How do YOU choose when you have a decision to make? Do you flip a coin? Sometimes it is hard to make trivial decisions. What about… Read More
Post Loss and Love: Why Moses Lost His Patience at the Rock “Mommy, I am thirsty!” How many parents have heard this (or some version) repeated every few minutes for hours? And then, when a rest stop finally appears and water is… Read More
Post Still Crying 2,000 Years Later My son had his blanky; the blanket he used in the crib when a baby. Over the years, we tried to replace it but to no avail. Now that he… Read More
Post Nine Days: Mourning with a Purpose My rabbi once told me that God created the world because he loves stories and the best stories are about people. But some stories take generations to tell. The Bible… Read More
Post The Blessing of Privacy In today’s world of social media, nothing is private. People post and share everything about themselves, from what they ate for breakfast to their most personal and intimate moments. Sometimes… Read More
Post The Daughters of Zelophehad who Loved the Land I was walking past a bulletin board and saw the strangest notice: “I lost it. I don’t know what it is or where it is. I’ve never actually seen it…. Read More
Post The Lofty Lesson of a Silent Aleph The better hours of my adolescence were spent at Grateful Dead concerts. I made great friends and had a great time. But the main draw was, of course, the music…. Read More
Post The Miraculous Moment that Changed American and Israeli History It was 1948. World War II had just ended, and the United States was the most powerful and influential nation on earth. After saving Europe from the Nazis and crippling… Read More
Post The Real Message of the 4th of July This 4th of July, it’s time for us to regain our focus. The 4th of July isn’t about the freedom to take advantage of amazing sales at your favorite online… Read More