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Aryeh Eisenberg

Jul 3, 2018, 1:57 PM

School is Over (Now What?)

Hey parents, it is that time of the year again. It is that point of the year that the kids have been looking forward to for months, but that most parents have been dreading. Yes, school is over and...

Sivan Rahav Meir

Jul 1, 2018, 9:22 AM

Ron Dermer speaks

Friday night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem. The important diplomatic meeting with Netanyahu had wound up a few hours ago. Trump's two envoys, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt travelled to Herzliya to spend Shabbat with US Ambassador...

Jun 28, 2018, 7:01 AM

Nature Speaks — Listen! The Grass Has Something to Say

Since early childhood I’ve been spellbound by the endless varieties of life that pop out of simple clumps of grass. Now it’s a delight to pass this tiny adventure on to my toddler grand-daughter. It’s hard not to feel...

Jun 21, 2018, 10:55 PM

From Hacky Sacks to Kippot: On the Importance of Always Thinking Mitzvahs

How did it happen that 50+ indigenous Mayan women in Guatemala are producing Fair Trade hundreds, thousands of colorful kippot (and some Tallitot and challah covers)? I have traveled four times with Maya Works (mayaworks.org) to see them with my...

Jun 21, 2018, 7:01 AM

Nature Speaks — Listen! Lightning Has Something to Say

On the East Coast of the US we were inundated with unusually heavy rain throughout the late winter and spring, and even Israel has seen unseasonable rains recently. Yet even during the storms and in the brief glimpses...

Jun 19, 2018, 7:00 AM

Nature Speaks — Listen! Earth Has Something to Say

In springtime it’s hard not to feel Nature singing God’s praises…in the birdsong, the breeze, the fragile and brilliant blossoms that suddenly burst in my garden, even the tiny tomatoes that are finally appearing. The medieval Jewish classic,...

May 28, 2018, 11:27 AM

91 possible reasons you may decide to do more Tikkun Olam — part 1

Reasons Why You May Have Decided To Do More Tikkun Olam, In No Particular Order of Importance (Part I) (Here are the first 41. The remaining 50 will be in a separate blog post) I figure what good's a clean house...

Aryeh Eisenberg

May 15, 2018, 12:40 PM

The Field Trip of a Lifetime

Ask any parent, student, and school administrator and they will all say that field trips can either be amazing learning experiences or ultimate disasters. The planning, logistics, and worrying that go into planning a trip can be overwhelming for...

Elliot Eisenberg

May 9, 2018, 2:28 AM

If I am very, very lucky, some part of these women lives within me

In celebration of Mother's Day this weekend, I acknowledge how much of what I am is attributable to the lives and decisions of the women who came before me. My mother, Janet M. Eisenberg, is 92 years old, in hospice...

Cheryl Nayowitz

Apr 29, 2018, 8:16 PM

When the Home Front Becomes the Front Line

"ZAKA. Ready for whatever tomorrow brings...Saving those who can be saved, honoring those who cannot" -- Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, ZAKA Chairman and Founder. Last week, here in Israel we experienced a national tragedy with the deaths of 10 teenagers; promising young...

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