Dear Families  During this time of social distancing, many have found comfort in our pets. There have been articles and reports on the positives that our pets have experienced with…

Dear Families,During these days, we are thinking about those who have gone above and beyond and how to give thanks. There is a principle in Judaism called “hakarat hatov” —…

Dear Friends, As we all are, I am reading blog upon blog and email upon email and have lost count of the Zoom calls and webinars. But many, especially some…

Dear Families,We are certainly living in strange times! Although I have written this column before, the Jewish value that comes to mind for today is courage, in Hebrew “ometz lev.”…

Dear Families,At this time of the Jewish year, I have always written about Counting the Omer — this is the time we do it. Yet things are different today! We…

Dear Families, Today we have been challenged to find new ways of doing things — who ever heard of a zoom seder? We are all looking to a time when…

Dear Families,Many years ago I was at a JCCA conference and a rabbi spoke to us “camp directors.” His message was that we, and all of our fellow J workers…

Dear Families, So many are at home and either watching TV or reading blogs galore — hope you are connected to a few of the wonderful Jewish sources and have…

Dear Families, I struggled to find something to say amid this crisis that would add a Jewish thought and went through article after article to find something. My own words…

Dear Families, Purim is barely over and before we know it, Passover will be here and we will search our homes for chametz and get ready to search for the…