The Relationships in Between Your Relationships

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on January 31, 2011

Still Blonde.  But Not Sixteen.

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Published on January 25, 2011

To let go and to pray

By Rabbi Daniel Greyber
Published on November 7, 2008

Parshat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) Lech Lecha begins with God telling Abraham, "Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, from the house of your father to the land that I will show you."

Happy birthday to me

By Marty Kaplan
Published on August 21, 2008

But by and large, despite those enticing pitches, adulthood turns out to mean acceptance -- of how you played the hand you were dealt, of mortality, of beshert -- even if it sometimes includes flashes of 40-f---ing-8-like fury at the way the world turns out to work.

Season’s end means mixed emotions for mom

By Gina Nahai
Published on May 31, 2007

I'm not feeding the homeless, or doing a beach cleanup, or raising money for Hadassah and ORT and the Israel Defense Forces. I'm here because my youngest son, who is 14 years old and in eighth grade, is playing goalie on a lacrosse team for his school.

Beyond ‘the day’

By Jeff Bernhardt
Published on May 10, 2007

Yes, once the months of training and the day has ended; once the celebration has happened and the DJ has gone home; once the gifts have been opened, the cards have been read and the checks have been deposited, there remain the most important gifts. If the preparation has been handled with care, if the tutor, rabbi, cantor and parents have done their jobs, this young adult will be moving onto the next leg of life's journey with the most valuable gifts of all.

Where Is Home? U.S. or Israel?

By Edoe Cohen
Published on May 4, 2006

One, two, tree."

"No, dad! It's one, two, thhhhreeee."

Growing up with Israeli parents in Los Angeles was often uncomfortable. I never felt completely at home