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Need a crash course on teenage girls? A sense of parental camaraderie? A good laugh? Enter OU Life’s Parenting section; it’ll get you out of trouble and back in the parenting game.

Vayeshev: Refusing Comfort, Keeping Hope
Vayeshev: Refusing Comfort, Keeping Hope
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Nov 30, 2018
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Vayishlach: Physical Fear, Moral Distress
Vayishlach: Physical Fear, Moral Distress
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Nov 19, 2018
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Respecting Our Parents = Respecting God?
Respecting Our Parents = Respecting God?
How does one learn to be grateful to God for what one has? There’s one answer from the 13th century, but if you are a parent it should be a little...
Nov 14, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Vayetse: When the “I” is Silent
Vayetse: When the “I” is Silent
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Nov 14, 2018
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Toldot: The Courage of Persistence
Toldot: The Courage of Persistence
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Nov 7, 2018
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Bored with Mitzvot? It Might Not Be a Bad Thing
Bored with Mitzvot? It Might Not Be a Bad...
For all our talk about passion and trying to do away with boredom, let us be honest and admit that at times it seems it’s unavoidable. As we have said before,...
Nov 6, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Chayei Sarah: On Judaism and Islam
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Nov 1, 2018
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
How Do We Speak to Our Kids After Tragedy?  First, We Listen
How Do We Speak to Our Kids After Tragedy?...
What am I going to tell the kids about this? As an educator, that’s the first thing that pops into my mind every time something tragic happens in the news or...
Oct 30, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Our World Has Changed
Our World Has Changed
Our world changed this past Shabbos. Permanently. And not for the better. We heard the news of the massacre in the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of...
Oct 29, 2018
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
Vayeira: God and Strangers
Vayeira: God and Strangers
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Oct 24, 2018
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

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