Inspiration 1711 articles

Purim is in the air, and I find myself considering what it will be like to celebrate this festival for the first time as an Israeli citizen. And, so far, it...

It sounds like a joke but that’s what really happened. Here’s how it came about. About two months ago, we reported that the OU had been name-checked in a Marvel comic....

“Rafi, we have a problem.” Rafi could tell in Eli’s voice that something important had happened. It was Friday morning; a sizzling August day in Israel. Eli was the CEO of...

It’s officially that time of the year when the P word has begun to enter our minds. Yes, most of you think I am referring to Pesach and that would apply,...

I previously wrote how Nancy Kerrigan was one of my heroes. I’ve always found it inspirational how she bounced back from the injury she received in her unprovoked attack, taking the...

The Hebrew Theological College hosted nearly 250 guests on January 27 at their 37th Annual Melave Malka in Skokie, Illinois. During the evening emceed by Rabbi Yehiel Kalish, Rabbi Shmuel L....

How we really try. So much money and effort is spent on self improvement. Books, courses, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy. But do we ever really change? Are we bound to the redundancy of...

It’s a first for my wife.  She’s obsessed with this year’s Winter Olympics. To be more specific, she’s interested only in the sliding competition and, as a result, is building her...

Mishenichnas Adar, when Adar begins, we increase many things. Rejoicing, for sure. And practical preparations for Purim, naturally: we’re choosing costumes and mishloach manot themes (or non-themes; no judgment here!), we’re...

I say the following without irony: if you find discussions of death upsetting or triggering, skip this article. I’ve been wanting to write about death for some time now but I’ve...