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This month, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we are sharing love stories. We kicked things off with a two part series ...

My family flew to Los Angeles two weeks ago to attend the funeral of my father-in-law, z’’l. We had been ...

With the first month of 2015 behind us, we thought we’d share our most popular blog posts of the past ...

When a person is born or a person dies the Jewish community rallies with meals, support, and love. When a ...

When I was in Israel this fall, I ended up going to a Sephardic synagogue one Shabbat morning, and served ...

“Mommy, that’s a mitzvah !”That was my 4-year-old daughter’s reaction when I told her I was becoming a gestational surrogate.“Am ...

On a single day last week, we were stunned by news of the Charlie Helbo attack in Paris and a bomb ...

Last month, an article entitled to Warning: Hollywood’s Coming For Your Home and Children! by Robert C. Avrech appeared in the Jewish ...

We are honored to share a poem from I Carry My Mother by Lesléa Newman.Lesléa Newman, known for her children’s book Heather Has Two ...

It’s been just over a week since Leelah Alcorn committed suicide. Leelah grew up not far from where I live ...