What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

A significant expression of their differing worldviews appears in their attitudes toward wealth – a perspective that ...

Experiences that could refine us and mature us are processed too quickly to leave a lasting imprint. Instead of being ...

It's how we treat each other that will determine whether we survive, flourish, and remain a worthy people - or fail ...

In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?

The right words can change a survivor's life and silence can harm, so address the horror that was done to Jacob's daughter, ...

When Ari Shell reads his Torah portion at his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 17, he’ll be stepping into Jewish adulthood with ...

Thank you, Jacob. For what, you might ask? For reminding us never to miss a chance to do good, to say a kind word, to act with intention while we still have the gift of “now.” In one simple act, Jacob ...

Do we have the resolve to look past the opinions of others and seek the core truth of every person and situation?

This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, deposits us into the dramatic ongoing narrative of Jacob’s life, as he prepares to ...

This spirit mirrors Judaism’s sacred command to offer thanks daily, as in the psalmist’s cry: “Enter His gates with ...

If we were truly aware of the power embedded in our words, in casual conversation, in a sentence spoken in anger or sarcasm, ...