Inspiration 1711 articles

Consider a simple verse that describes the opening of the floodgates : … on that day, all the wellsprings of the great deep, burst open, and the windows of the heavens...

Memory is a multi-billion dollar enterprise these days. I am personally on my fourth PDA and angling for a fifth yet sleeker, more efficient model. Reminder cards and scheduler programs abound....

“Dia de los Muertos” or the day of death was a Mexican holiday. As a kid growing up on the Texas border of Mexico, I used to drive into Juarez, Mexico...

It might sound like a strange question – but does God (as it were) abide by His laws of Shabbos? The opening paragraph of Friday night Kiddush, (also chapter 2 of...

Life was getting rough for Miguel Sanchez. No more were the glory days of “coyotes,” the illegal immigrant smugglers who plied their trade along the porous Mexican-American border. Back then, he...

As Jews, we are accustomed to live in calendar confusion, oscillating between two major Jewish New Years (Tishrei/Nissan), two Judgment Days (Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur), . It’s not...

As we get ready for Yom Kippur, I have a question: What is Kol Nidrei all about? Why do we say Kol Nidrei on Yom Kippur? Or, more importantly, why is...

Melonie came to work with me as a Social Worker, and it was like a ray of light lit up our hospital. She was beautiful–5’10’ with strawberry blond hair and large...

One could never say my friend Mira has lost her marbles. In fact, she has every one of them, 444 and counting. Count on Mira to have a unique approach to...

We are approaching the start of a new year, during which America will elect a new leader. As we use this time to reflect on our lives and how we lead...