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Lessons Learned from Multicultural Jewish Asian Families

What does it mean to be Jewish and Asian? Amidst the complex conversations about race in America comes JewAsian, a ...

Letter Writing 101

We love the stories from parents of how they find half written ‘practice letters’ hidden in their kids’ room once ...

Holy or Horrible: Can We Force Meaningful Moments?

As a Jewish educator, I teach students of all ages about the sacred moments we will experience throughout our lives ...

Celebrating Motherhood Jewish Style

With Mother’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to celebrate mothers.There is no single vision of the Jewish mother. Jewish ...

Doctors and Matchmakers: A More Perfect Union?

Everybody wants the best for their children, especially when it comes to marriage. The choice of a spouse by a ...

Let’s Talk About Sex!

In my childhood, there were few things that the Orthodox rabbis charged with my daily education and my secular anti-religious ...

A Camp Dream

Camp has been a magical time for all seven of our children. They’ve had a wide range of experiences from ...

Re-creating Ethics with My Daughter

My two-year-old is now in the stage where my wife and I are torn between encouraging our daughter’s independence and our need ...

Can I Hear You Now?

“When the reception goes down, the volume goes up.” These were the sage words of one of my honored teachers ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...