Dear Families, The month of Elul (which was last month) precedes Rosh Hashanah each year. During that month of reflection as we prepare, we are told to hear the shofar…

Dear Families,I look at all the Jewish educators out there writing on the upcoming holidays and all the rabbis working on High Holiday sermons and wonder how they come up…

Dear Families, As a teacher, I have always said that I may end up in “copyright hell” but I will be with all the teachers I have known and admired.…

Dear Families,Our years have a rhythm — Jewishly we know that the holidays especially, weekly Shabbat, mark the time and we move from holiday to holiday, season to season knowing…

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…