09/05/2016
Talent to Praise
Use your natural talents to express gratitude to God for those talents.
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09/02/2016
Krymchaks: The Unique Jews of Crimea
The Crimean Peninsula, which extends into the Black Sea, has been home to a…
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09/02/2016
Preservation
Try to preserve any special languages or customs that are part of your…
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09/01/2016
On the Canadian Prairie
Thirty-three years old at the time of his immigration, Grodno-born Rabbi…
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08/31/2016
B’sha’a Tova
“Mazal Tov!” This Jewish expression has, without question, crossed the…
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08/30/2016
Houston Healthcare
Many cities have Jewish hospitals, but only Houston has a Jewish Institute…
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08/30/2016
Giving Time
If you have time available, volunteer at your local hospital.
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08/29/2016
Walk This Way
If God has no corporeal form, which is a basic Jewish belief, then why are…
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08/29/2016
Be On The Lookout
Be on the lookout for opportunities to do something helpful for another…
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08/26/2016
Conscripted for Life?
On August 26, 1827, Czar Nicholas I set into motion the terrible ordeal of…
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08/25/2016
Vocation
“If a man ploughs in the ploughing season, sows in the sowing season, reaps…
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08/25/2016
Learn at Lunch
If there are several interested Jews in your office, see if you can arrange…
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08/24/2016
Changing Ukraine
Kiev, Odessa, Zhitomyr, Uman...the cities of Ukraine are places marked in…
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08/24/2016
Orderly Accounts
Create a separate bank account from which to donate to charity.
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08/23/2016
Something Extra In Your Lettuce?
Here’s a delicious-sounding salad: romaine lettuce, spinach, cauliflower,…
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08/22/2016
All Generations
According to recent reports, Western civilization is a rapidly aging…
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08/19/2016
No Holiday As Joyous
Tu b’Av (The Fifteenth of Av) is no longer the well-known holiday on…
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08/19/2016
On the 15th of Av: What Hoshea Did
How can one action be both praiseworthy and unacceptable at the same time?…
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08/19/2016
A Comforting Shabbat
Try to go to synagogue and hear the comforting words of the Haftarah…
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08/18/2016
Athlete and Architect
When Arnold Guttmann was 13 years old, his father drowned in the Danube…
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08/17/2016
King and Queen of Hearts
In Pirkei D’Rabbi Eliezer (a book of Midrash attributed to Rabbi…
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08/17/2016
Alone Time
Spend time with the people you love without electronic devices.
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08/16/2016
No Chance to Compete
The International Olympics were conceived as a competition meant to foster…
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08/16/2016
Make a Stance
Do not look the other way at anti-Semitism, racism or even individual…
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