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Pursuing your dreams?

About a year ago, someone recommended a Paulo Coelho book to me—a popular one— The Alchemist . Most people I ...

The Poetry of Jewish Black Identity

I became Bar Mitzvah on April 20th, 2002, the 130th anniversary of Hitler’s birth. My dad’s side of the family ...

Shaving Heads, Sharing Hope

Along with the rest of the world, particularly, the interconnected collective family known as “the Jewish community,” our hearts broke ...

Giving is Justice in Action

A community is only as strong as the willingness of its members to help each other.

Cherishing What Is Broken

In this parashah, when the tablets were broken, we picked them up and valued the pieces.

To Everything There Is a Season

Just as our words can bring joy they can also bring pain

Lying, Stay Far Away

Avoid actions you may need to lie about.

Lithuania’s Past and Present

In my last blog post, I recounted the background of Yiddish linguist Dovid Katz, who has been reporting on troubling manifestations of ...

Listening, or Really Hearing

It can often be difficult to truly hear what others are saying to us.

Humility

Moses was a confident leader but a humble man.

Do Not Be Locked In the Past

We must remember the past and learn from it without constantly reliving emotions and experiences that have long since passed.

Free Will

There is always a choice to be made.

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