Is Judaism kids’ stuff?
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2016
I exited the library last week with a tall pile of books, many of them classics I had read as a child.\n\n
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torah
Torah Portion: Pagan inspiration
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2012
“Beware of being lured into their ways … Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did those nations worship their gods? I too will follow the same practices!’” (Deuteronomy 12:30).
Shavuot – Torah for everyone
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
May 23, 2012
My daughter, Dina, accepted a summer job here in Los Angeles last year. Before being hired, she explained that she was an observant Jew who would have to take off two days in early June to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. The manager, respecting Dina’s religious commitment, said it would be no problem.
Five steps to studying and learning from the Torah
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2012
Observing my kids playing, I notice how the same toy, no matter how many times they play with it, can reveal the most remarkable things. My daughter, with the vocabulary befitting a 1 1/2-year-old, will bring her ball over to me and point to a mark on it with a delighted grunt.
Holiness in Humility
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2012
Look up the term “unintended consequences” and you’ll find an entire school of thought on the subject. According to one source, consequences of this sort can be classified as positive, negative or, oddly denoted, perverse. How wonderful are those moments when a new discovery emerges from a serendipitous mistake, like the discovery of penicillin in healing the sick, or the discovery of aspirin to help prevent heart attacks. So many lives have been saved from blunders and mishaps; there is a holiness in this type of discovery.
Exercise your right to read — without censorship
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
September 28, 2006
The American Library Association got more than 400 requests to ban books last year. But most of those requests were unsuccessful, because of librarians, teachers, parents, students and other people who make sure books stay on shelves.
Who Are You?
Rabbi Perry Netter
December 29, 2005
Even in the best of families, relationships are enormously complicated. Some of the stories rabbis hear, all too frequently, of families in crisis are excruciatingly painful: parents who disown their children because of radical disappointment with the life choices their children have made; siblings who refuse to be in the same room with each other because their anger is irreconcilable; courts clogged with family members fighting over contested wills, and so forth. The possibilities for family chaos are almost endless. When things go wrong, they often go very wrong.
Hey Kids!
Abby Gilad
October 20, 2005
Simchat Torah, the holiday called \”Rejoicing in the Torah,\” falls on Oct. 26. We finish the cycle of reading the Torah and begin again.
Jews for Judaism is hosting its third-annual Creative Writing Contest for kids. The theme his year is \”My Greatest Jewish Hero.\”
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