Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic By Joshua Yudkin Whether we look at Heseds (Jewish community centers) in Eastern Europe or Jewish youth groups and day schools here in the United…
By Debbi K. Levy It’s 6:15 p.m., and I just came home from a long but good day of work and pickleball practice with my team. The only thing on…
By Rabbi Howard WolkParashat Bo This Shabbat, 6 Shevat/Jan. 28, is the third yahrzeit of my wife Rebbetzin Annette Wolk, Chanah Bayla bas Yehoshua, z”l. These words are offered in…
By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Ok, so the last few articles have been about listening, speaking, and thinking. Now it’s time to act! We have varying degrees of what we can…
Dear Families, We don’t always realize how the Torah addresses issues about our present-day lives. But reading a commentary today from Rabbi Yitzchak Zweig, I learned “and you shall guard…
Dear Rabbi Fried, There was recently discussion on the radio about the will of God for people to be sick and doctors treating them. If God made them sick, how…
By Rabbi Dan LewinParashat Vaera It’s not our challenges themselves that are most challenging, but our ability to meet them calmly, with clarity and trust, without breaking too much in…
By Laura Seymour Dear Friends, Yes, another book but this time a children’s book from PJ Library that retells a Talmudic story in a unique way. This story is often…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, I have read that Maimonides says that there is no place in the afterlife for an atheist. One rabbi explained the idea…
By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Sometimes, our most difficult challenges take place when we are conflicted between what we feel and what we think. Feelings can be extremely intense, and lead…
