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Jul 4, 2018, 7:28 AM

Walking through the valley of the shadow of death

Illustrative. Flowers. (iStock)

My health crisis is not over, but I am living it with joy, intentionality, and an eagerness for more

Jun 30, 2018, 12:51 AM

Empathy must conquer fear

No battles are as fierce as the ones fought between brothers. I speak not of the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but of the rifts between right and left in Israel, and between Israeli and Diaspora Jews. Outsiders seldom...

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 25, 2018, 7:19 AM

Gratitude or Attitude – The Choice Is Yours

Throughout our history, the Jewish people have complained time and time again, causing the long-lived exile we are currently living through today. From אדם הראשון (Adam), the first of G-D's human creations, up until this very moment, the Jewish...

Jun 24, 2018, 10:34 AM

A Tale of Two T-Shirts

As a girl, my morning routine began by staring in the mirror with dread, sulking as I straightened my school uniform’s collar. The uniform taunted me with its neutrality, its sameness. I wanted to “wear my heart on my...

Yisrael Ben Yosef

Jun 20, 2018, 12:08 AM

Great Me/Small Me

"Where were you?" "Couldn't you see I needed your help?" "My Mom had to call my sister because I couldn't get her on her feet alone...and you sat outside and did nothing!" With those words my wife berated me early...

Jun 17, 2018, 7:03 AM

Jews Talk Too Much…. But Not Enough to God

In recent visitations away from home, I always try to find the nearest synagogue to walk to on Shabbat. Most recently I attended a bar mitzvah in a Conservative synagogue It was a spacious sanctuary, men and women were permitted...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 8, 2018, 6:07 PM

The anniversary of the scouts’ journey begins on Tuesday

In Parshat Shlach, Bamidbar 13:25 we read: “They (the scouts) returned from searching the land, at the end of 40 days.” Rashi asks: But is not the land 400x400 parsaot (a parsa is about 2.2 miles) and the average person’s traveling...

Jun 7, 2018, 7:45 AM

Judaism no longer resembles a cold knish

Rabbi Elimelech Biderman and thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrating in Meron, Northern Israel, December 1, 2017. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Hasidut gets the credit for shifting many who were only going through the motions to keeping mitzvot with fervor

Jun 6, 2018, 6:07 PM

Mitzvah-Protection

There are additional positives to being engaged in Tikkun Olam. Most striking is a statement in the Talmud by Rabbi Elazar that the Mitzvah-person is protected both en route and on the way back from the Mitzvah: It was stated,...

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