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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 ...

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

Moses was a confident leader but a humble man.

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

There is always a choice to be made.

Like Moses, we need to transform our natural impulses into something higher.

What does it look like to think of one day as helping us to balance our lives?

Everyone's contribution, and occasionally sacrifice, is necessary.

I first came across the writings of Dovid Katz while researching what happened to my relatives in Lithuania in the ...

Shabbat is the antidote to our busy pressure-filled lives.

Earlier this month, Hadassah Braun Margolese wrote a blog here at The Torch describing her anguish about not being able ...

Happy Hanukkah, Jewish learners and lovers of Jewish learners! If gift-giving is a part of your Hanukkah tradition, let our ...