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Lessons Learned from Multicultural Jewish Asian Families
What does it mean to be Jewish and Asian? Amidst the complex conversations about race in America comes JewAsian, a ...
Letter Writing 101
We love the stories from parents of how they find half written ‘practice letters’ hidden in their kids’ room once ...
Holy or Horrible: Can We Force Meaningful Moments?
As a Jewish educator, I teach students of all ages about the sacred moments we will experience throughout our lives ...
Celebrating Motherhood Jewish Style
With Mother’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to celebrate mothers.There is no single vision of the Jewish mother. Jewish ...
Doctors and Matchmakers: A More Perfect Union?
Everybody wants the best for their children, especially when it comes to marriage. The choice of a spouse by a ...
Let’s Talk About Sex!
In my childhood, there were few things that the Orthodox rabbis charged with my daily education and my secular anti-religious ...
A Camp Dream
Camp has been a magical time for all seven of our children. They’ve had a wide range of experiences from ...
Re-creating Ethics with My Daughter
My two-year-old is now in the stage where my wife and I are torn between encouraging our daughter’s independence and our need ...
Can I Hear You Now?
“When the reception goes down, the volume goes up.” These were the sage words of one of my honored teachers ...
Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is
“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...