Inspiration 1711 articles

Three Orthodox Union member congregations in St. Louis recently hosted a post-nuptial agreement signing. More than 40 couples signed halachic documents designed to prevent the wives from becoming agunot, chained women,...

The Nesivos Shalom teaches that in Mitzrayim, Hashem purposefully waited through our generations of slavery for us to finally arrive at our lowest possible spiritual and physical condition before referring to...

In his recent article, “Workplaces for Everyone,” published on eJewishPhilanthropy.com, Micah Fleisig writes, “Aside from financial necessities that jobs support, individuals obviously gather more than just money through work. People receive...

OU’s Heart to Heart Spotlighted in Tablet Magazine A story in Tablet Magazine about available kosher meal options on college campuses begins with the infamous kosher toaster story of Harvard University...

Her name was Shira. She had bright eyes, long brown hair, and liked to put mustard in her tuna fish sandwiches. I was in the fourth grade when we met, and...

This article was originally published on finkorswim.com.   A book like Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent is going to elicit predictable reactions. Many of these reactions...

I was around twenty years old in my parents’ home, in the middle of a sweltering New York summer night. Twisting from side-to-side, I finally gave in to the restlessness and the...

A 10th grader at a modern orthodox yeshiva high school grapples with burning questions of identity, modern Judaism and Halacha.

As a twelve-year-old in the Mark Twain public school in Brooklyn, Danielle Lantor dreamed of being a dancer on MTV and being the most popular girl in her school. It was...

Rabbi Steven Weil chats with Director Yitzi Hertz and Producer Sammy Grundwerg about their new documentary, “Life is Strange.” LIFE IS STRANGE evokes the vibrant life of Jewish families in pre-World War...