How to Make Hanukkah an Opportunity to Help Heal the World
Though our kids have a long list of things they want for Hanukkah, we try to navigate the week-long celebration, balancing gifts, donations, and experiences.
Though our kids have a long list of things they want for Hanukkah, we try to navigate the week-long celebration, balancing gifts, donations, and experiences.
After a visit to Israel during the festival several years ago, I began to view Hanukkah in a new light.
"Thanksgiving is not merely a day of feasting but a duty of faith."
My adult children in both America and Israel have expressed concern over the outcome of the American elections. This letter is my contribution to their thinking.
Jews have blessings for almost every occasion. I recommend we recite one before emptying the contents of our parents’ home after they die.
Every year, in this season of renewal, we are given the extraordinary opportunity to begin again.
I invite you to join me in talking about politics in the lead-up to Election Day – but in the spirit of Jewish values, there are a few rules.
I have a hard time believing that, however good the intentions may be, typing "Please forgive me if I hurt you" into our browsers can create change.
I often use the imagery of a bullseye when teaching young children the complicated concepts related to the High Holidays and Yom Kippur. Each day when we try to do our best, it’s like we’re aiming for the center of the bullseye. But sometimes we say something that hurts someone a friend’s feelings, or we do something unkind to a loved one. That’s when we land on an outer ring and miss the mark.
Anyone can open the door to Judaism for another, but will those standing at the door be intimidating shomrim (guards) or welcoming mezuzot (encased Torah texts on doorframes)?