Post The Jewish People’s Gift to the World Everyone in high school was afraid of Mr. Brickman who we called “Mr. Brick Wall” behind his back. He was from the old school of teaching and any student who… Read More
Post A Land Like No Other Once, I went out to the forest next to Bat Ayin to pray, or, more accurately, to have a conversation with my Creator. Israel is a beautiful place, especially if… Read More
Post A Treasured People According to Google, the meaning of the word treasure is “a valuable or valued item.” In the Torah portion of Re’eh, God uses this term of endearment to describe the… Read More
Post An Attitude of Gratitude What if every holiday was Thanksgiving? What if instead of the Fourth of July we celebrated Thanksgiving? Memorial Day? Nope. Another Thanksgiving. New Year’s? Thanksgiving. When Moses is about to… Read More
Post Are You Moving Forward on Your Journey? Tisha B’Av is one of the most intense days of the Hebrew calendar. A three week build-up, which ends with nine days of austerity, culminates in this day of crying… Read More
Post Are You Really Listening? I was thirty-nine years old and determined to get married. Being religious and in yeshiva (school for Jewish studies), arranged dates were the way to go and I had been… Read More
Post Be an Individual Within the Community I learned more about being a soldier from Moshe Bachar during my reserve duty than from any other officer I encountered in the IDF, and he taught me a huge… Read More
Post Expressing Faith Through Effort and Action The relationship between God and Israel began well before Israel became a nation. God chose Abraham, making promises to him about his descendants that seemed overambitious. But God kept his… Read More
Post God’s Parenting Advice “There’s no handbook for parenting.” We’ve all heard this quote in different forms. There are also no qualifications for becoming a parent, and so it is often very challenging to… Read More
Post How Do YOU Deal With Disappointment? I really wanted that promotion. I worked years for it and everyone thought I deserved it. So I was excited when construction was finished on the new building and the… Read More
