Inspiration 1711 articles

I never met my Aunt Gerty who died in 1933, years before I was born. Nonetheless, I recently encountered her, and this left a profound impact on my soul. Years ago,...

Sometimes a simple drive on a highway in the Jewish state is all that it takes to restore perspective, to revive hope. A road, its exits and the places they recall...

It’s pretty instructive to note that the English word sin derives from the Proto-Indo-European word fragment, es, meaning to be. The Christian notion linking sin with our very essence as human...

With his older brother and sister gallivanting around California presumably having a grand time on an extended summer vacation with their grandparents, we knew we had to spend some extra quality...

For some Jews, the merest whiff of a roasting brisket or simmering chicken can evoke a flood of High Holiday memories. For me, it’s not brisket or chicken, or even the...

I knew it was coming, but the reality only began to hit me inexplicably, while selecting produce in a small neighborhood market. There, right in front of the zucchini and parsnips,...

As I boarded the plane, I was overwhelmed with a strange combination of fright and exhilaration. I was leaving home for the very first time to travel halfway across the United...

Ever since I was a little girl, oh, six or seven years old, I knew immediately if people were talking about me behind my back. Back then, only recently released from...

View Slideshow This past summer NCSY birthright israel had 240 participants aged 18 to 26 visit Israel for their first time!! They explored the country, history and culture of Israel from...

One of the cultural stumbling blocks over which I find myself constantly, well… stumbling , is...