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I’ve done everything “right”: given my children Jewish education, sent them to Jewish camps, spent time with them in Israel ...

It is an incredible responsibility to raise a child. In choosing foreign adoption, we have become parents to a beautiful ...

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

If you could only cook three dishes for Shabbat dinner what would they be?This was the question we posed to ...

Iris Aluf Medina was born and raised in Turkey and now lives in San Francisco. We met up with this ...

As I get ready for my Southern family’s traditional Thanksgiving celebration, which this year will overlap our celebration of Hanukkah… ...

In my early 30s, I had exciting opportunities to visit and work with public health projects in Uganda several times. ...

Young Jews today are growing up in a hyper-connected, globalized world. That means they must contend with challenging viewpoints, contrary ...

The Bergen Record was coming to my house to do an interview for my new novel. You’d think after having ...

Below, Michele Schipper explains why she lets her kids trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, ...