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Debbie was 45 when she learned that she was adopted. Not only that, but she learned for the very first time that she had a twin! Although separated as infants, the...

The issue of nature versus nurture in religious development was driven home to me when I reread a famous Rashi one day about Rivka’s pregnancy. The Torah simply tells us that...

There are many benefits to having a family vacation. It is a time to bond with our families, stretch our horizons, and learn something new. Sometimes we just need to get...

I’ve received a number of responses from readers who claimed that kids who text on Shabbos or who stray off the path religiously do so primarily because of a home environment...

“Dear Rabbi Goldmintz: A trend I’m seeing or hearing in my college-age children and “all their friends”, (according to them) is a “freedom” from some basic religious limitations while they’re in...

In the American system of education, a child enters first grade at about the age of 6. He enters high school at about age 14 and, at age 18, he is...

 A community rabbi once mentioned to me that when he speaks to bar mitzvah boys before their big day, he asks them “What do you think is a difficult mitzvah?” Many...

I am so glad that summer is finally here. Summer to me is sunshine, flowers in full bloom, warm weather, watermelon and ice cream; lots and lots of ice cream. This...

Dedicated to the memory of my mother, Chaya Sarah bat Meyer and Royze Cohen, who passed away last week at the age of 96. I pray that she thought her prayers...

Religious development can be understood not only in terms of the affective domain, the emotional side of belief that we spoke about last time, but cognitively as well. That is to...