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Jerusalem was just beginning to close down on erev Yom Kippur as my husband and I made out way to the hospital to see our daughter and her newborn son. The...

Peace in the Middle East may be hard to find, but on Thanksgiving Day in the year 2000, two Jewish sisters in Los Angeles found their way to a cease-fire, courtesy...

I don’t think the diamond shone this much when I first put it on my finger 36 years ago. I kept twisting it this way and that, amazed by its brilliance...

I have seen the writing on the wall… and it is colorful. There are blue and orange streaks all across one wall of our dining room. That was my daughter’s attempt...

Reflections on Motherhood and Parshas Vayera “A butterfly in Brazil alights upon a flower. The flit of the butterfly’s wing sends out a small current of air. Flowing northward, the current...

Living in the small mountain town of Sefat, all I have to do is walk down the time-softened steps of my Old City home, and stroll around the corner… and I...

“Etz chayim he..l’machazikim ba….” I sing these words in Heberw each week as the Torah is returned to the ark. Without fail the English translation — its ways are ways of...

What would you do if I gave you eight billion dollars and told you to use it to benefit all of humanity? I know what I would do. There are a...

One of the most significant stumbling blocks standing in the path of a Jew who is toying with the idea of becoming more religiously observant is embarrassment. Or more correctly, the...

Long ago, Chazal told us Kol hatchalot kashot – All new beginnings are difficult. But what would life be without new beginnings? They are a source of new hope, new plans,...