Dear Families, It’s no secret that I am a hopeless biblioholic — I can’t stop buying books (and I do read most of them!). Since I have so many, I…

Dear Families, Fortunately, the J has been open in various stages since May 2020. But now, as we look forward to opening more and more, we all have really begun…

Dear Families, The Jewish month of Tishri ends and we have made it through so many holidays. We begin the month of Cheshvan and there are no Jewish holidays, except,…

Dear Families, We made it! The holidays are over — no more eating or fasting or praying or endless questions and learning! Well, not really because we continue with so…

Dear Families, The High Holidays are a great time because we reconnect to the synagogue. Yet, most Jewish holidays are filled with ritual and custom that happens in the home.…

Dear Families, We have just concluded the High Holidays, during which we ate wonderful meals on Rosh Hashanah and didn’t eat on Yom Kippur, and now we enter the holiday…

Some say…You might say… Some say… You might say…aggressiveassertiveboistrousenthusiasic bossya leaderbroodingseriouschatterboxcommunity clingyimaginativecontrollingdetermineddreamydeterminedfearfulsensitiveforcefultraditionalimpatientpassionateinflexibletraditionalinsecurecautiousloudexpressivemanipulativecharismaticnon-partipatoryan observerobsessivedeliberate pickyselectiveself-centeredproudshyreflectivespoiledwell-loved stubborntenacioustroublesomechallengingunfocusedcuriousunpredictableflexiblewithdrawnintrospectiveAdapted from the works of Mary Sheedy Kurcinka; taken from Kindermusik International, Inc. Dear Parents, This is my…

Dear Families, The wonderful thing about the Jewish year is that no matter whether the holidays are early or late, we always have Jewish holidays to prepare for and enjoy.…

We celebrate the same holidays every year and we read the Torah parasha by parasha every year. Yet there is always something new to learn and discover. Sometimes we struggle…

Dear Families,  In Texas, August means back to school (though for some lucky ones it may still be vacation). However, for Jews around the world at some point in the…