Why Honoring Your Parents is About Much More than the Parents
At one point or another, almost every parent (religious or not) quotes the Ten Commandments to their child/children when they call upon them to “honor your father and mother!” This…
Parents Are Teachers
Parents are Teachers The Parents Are Teachers (P.A.T.) initiative provides schools with a golden opportunity to offer their…
Love and Hate
The juxtaposition between love and hate is fascinating. The relationship between love and hate has been a muse for poets, a conundrum for philosophers and a source of anxiety for…
They Called Him “Two-Gun”
The nickname “Two-Gun” evokes images of a rough-shaven cowboy in the Wild West. Actually, the nickname belonged to one Morris “Moishe” Cohen. An immigrant child from Poland to London,…
Call Him Ishmael…Rabbi Ishmael
It may seem surprising that the Talmud quotes a sage named Rabbi Ishmael. Biblically, Ishmael the son of Abraham and Hagar, is portrayed as a wild trouble-maker sent away from Abraham’s…
A Proverb For More Than Parents
While there is no single Biblical or Talmudic text that can be compared to any of the formal parenting advice books that abound today, there are frequent pieces of sound parenting advice…
Don’t Hate Those with Whom You Disagree
How can one hate for no reason? It must mean hating another for their different views. Make sure to avoid this toxic behavior.
Avoid Hate
Train yourself to avoid hating others and basing decisions on that hatred.
Prestige Over Hate
Learn more about Rudi Ball and how potentially winning an Olympic gold medal and its attendant prestige was enough for the Germans to temporarily set aside Jewish hatred and a desire to…