Inspiration 1711 articles

The restaurant was bustling. Joyous noise and laughter filled the room as waiters and waitresses bustled to and fro, bringing trays of food or removing the empty plates of sated diners....

When David Beiss first came to me and proposed that Yachad/National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJCD) send a team to run in the ING Miami Half-Marathon on Sunday, January 31, to...

This past Monday, we marked the shloshim of our beloved son and brother, Avi Pincus ע”ה, who just a few weeks ago – at the tragic young age of twenty-six –...

Maybe it was a coincidence, but then again, maybe it was an intentional act of marketing genius. The storefront was eye-catching; warm light that cast an ethereal glow through slightly fogged...

Eretz Yisrael is a very holy place. However, there are four cities that are singled out as exceptionally holy, and which are imbued with special qualities. With Hashem’s help, I have...

There’s something extraordinarily rare about a close circle of more than 100 middle-school students who care. Teachers know how hard it is. Trying to get the typical middle-school student to listen,...

What’s a Jewminicana? Well, for one, a Jewminicana is a Dominicana who converts to Judaism. But reverse that because I’m a Jewish Latina…in that order. But just because I put my...

Today was my 35th wedding anniversary. My husband is upstairs in bed, sleeping the deep sleep of a body stricken with the flu. Downstairs, my daughter’s newborn son is sleeping peacefully....

A Meditation on Sin and Repentance At the core of man is duality. Some might suggest contradiction. Regardless of how it is characterized, man’s essential duality creates tension in his life....

Every year as the New Year approaches I find that, despite my best intentions, reality dictates that I concentrate more on the physical preparations than the spiritual ones for the holiday....