By Laura Seymour Dear Families, A number of years ago, just before Passover, David Ben-Gurion’s grandson spoke at Congregation Shearith Israel about his grandfather and Israel. He related a story…

By Laura Seymour Dear Families, It’s springtime and the trees are coming back to life. Many of our trees and bushes did not survive the crazy freeze but don’t give…

Dear Families, One of the most important Jewish Values is empathy, rachamim, and one of the best ways to teach it is by modeling. Rachamim, the Hebrew word, is usually…

Dear Families, Help – it’s almost Passover! It came so early this year — but we are in luck as next year is a Jewish leap year (which comes seven…

Dear Families, Passover is coming and hopefully you are already shopping and cleaning! Last year we had to rethink how to do Passover, and now this year you can find…

Dear Families, When you work with children, there is a part of you that must always be a kid. To tell the truth, no one should eliminate that wonder that…

Dear Families, We are certainly living in strange times — and it seems like it is just one thing after another!! The winter storm and the challenges we have all…

Dear Families, The football season has come to an end but there are always more sports even though this year, games look a little different. As I continue to read…

Dear Families, Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) is a worldwide effort among Jewish organizations to raise awareness and foster inclusion of people with disabilities. It was established in…

Dear Families, Giving tzedakah is a habit! When teaching, I always tell the children that they can and should have two banks: one for something they are saving for (anything…