Podcast: How to Open The Conversation About God With Your Child
Podcast: The Importance of Stories, Modeling and Questioning in Building Children's Spiritual Selves
Learn about the techniques, challenges, and rewards of keeping the conversation about God open with our children.
Podcast: The Power of Quiet Moments and Family Traditions
Learn about the techniques, challenges, and rewards of keeping the conversation about God open with our children.
Podcast: Be Happy or Be Good?
Learn the importance of teaching our kids to care for others as a top priority and about some of the moral dilemmas kids face.
Podcast: The Moral Development of Parents
Discover why parents need to be self-aware and how being friends with our kids can hamper their moral development.
Podcast: Why All Parents Need Each Other
Here's a look at parenting as a communal endeavor and how to find mentors that parent differently than we do.
Podcast: A Time to Weep
Every year in September, parents face the challenge of addressing 9/11 with their children. Find guidance in the advice that Rabbi Edie Mencher gave on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Vayeilech: The Sacred Art of Letting Go
Parashat Vayeilech is read between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a time of transition for all of us. We've brought in the new year with hopes, prayers, and the shofar, and we look toward Yom Kippur, where we are tasked with letting go of the last year and moving forward.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Nitzavim: Standing for What Matters Most
At the beginning of Parashat Nitzavim, we hear the phrase, "Today you are all standing." This phrase isn't referring to people simply standing, it means that the Jewish people stood together and entered into a Covenant, affirming the things that matter most.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Haazinu: Between a Rock and Hard Place
Parashat Haazinu includes the word tzur, or rock, eight times. But in this case, tzur isn’t referring to just any rock; it’s referring to God, as the rock of Israel.