tehillim Archives – Jewish Journal

Jews are Signing Up to Pray Daily for for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Kylie Ora Lobell November 14, 2018

Lebhar’s Dream

David Suissa August 6, 2008

Our Moroccan ancestors, the rabbi explained, were Torah romantics. They were so in love with Shabbat that they didn\’t want it to end

Spiritual Help Can Benefit Hopelessly Ill

Judy Gruen March 31, 2005

When my friend, Debra, learned that a young man she knew had been in a tragic accident and was comatose, she went to the hospital to visit him every day for three months. No one knew if the man would emerge from his deep, distant sleep, but Debra believed that he would.

Catharsis Found in Haggadah Artwork

Gaby Wenig April 1, 2004

While Israeli artist Avner Moriah was creating \”Haggadat Moriah\” (Moriah Haggadah), his wife, Andy, was undergoing chemotherapy treatments for leukemia.

\”I sat next to her when the chemicals were dripping in,\” said the 50-year-old artist, in Los Angeles this week for an exhibit opening of his work at the University of Judaism. \”In Israel everyone davens and says \’Tehillim\’ when someone is sick, but I came up with images for the haggadah. When I started, the images were really small but as she got healthier, they became more colorful and more lively. When I finished [and Andy recovered] I realized that I had painted my own journey from Egypt.\”