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How Donuts Influenced My Judaism

Rabbi Laura Novak Winer, RJE

As I took a short walk last week during a break between Yom Kippur services, a memory, both humorous and deeply emotional, flooded my heart.

I realized that my rebellion against fasting began as a teen.

Sometimes, Words Hurt More than Sticks and Stones

Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr

The old adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” was first recorded in the 1860s and is something parents have since used to soothe their children’s hurt feelings.

Summer Camp is a Jewish Tradition

Dr. Stuart Rockoff

My wife and I got up early, packed our car with trunks, suitcases, plastic drawers, and sleeping bags, and drove our two daughters to Jewish summer camp. Actually, first we stopped outside the gates to wait in line with a hundred or so other cars.

Parenting Thoughts: Helping Kids Cope With Tragedy

Margie Bogdanow

The grief of the past few days has been unimaginable.  Many of us are torn between watching and listening to the 24/7 onslaught of media coverage and the desire to turn off everything imaginable and run away into a world where horrific events could never ever

Raising Courageous Kids

Dr. Madelyn Mishkin Katz

In raising my two daughters, I had always hoped they would have courage to face life challenges with confidence and character.

A Taste for Religion and Community - at Age 4!

Linda K. Wertheimer

My husband was working late, so my son and I had a thrown-together dinner of leftover pasta, yogurt, and carrots. I added one touch, store-bought challah, to give our table a semblance of Shabbat.

The sight of the braided bread was enough to spark my 4-year-old