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Aug 28, 2026, 5:40 PM

Dolly Parton’s Jewish Children

How a country singer’s dream became PJ Library—and brought Jewish stories to my grandson Dolly Parton was an American original. She did not become one by trying to be different. She became one by refusing to be anyone other than...

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Aug 28, 2026, 3:14 PM

Dolly’s riches and my new-baby haze are improving Israel’s election season

The 'Coat of Many Colors' on display at Dolly Parton's Chasing Rainbows museum at Dollywood. The coat on display is a reproduction, made by Parton's mother, Avie Lee, of the original. (Wikipedia)

When I can give all of my attention to Israeli politicking, I'm at risk of missing the important stuff, buried amid the barrages of ugly accusations.

Stephen M. Flatow

Aug 26, 2026, 4:59 AM

Now it’s Hannah’s turn

A granddaughter leaves for a year of study in Israel, carrying Alisa’s Hebrew name—and beginning her own journey of Jewish growth, independence and discovery. Today my granddaughter Hannah left for Israel to begin her gap year. That sentence is easy to...

Aug 23, 2026, 10:54 PM

B’Yachad has done its homework on fixing our schools

MK Moshe Turpaz alongside former Prime Minister Yair Lapid at a Supreme Court hearing on the illegal transfer of 1 billion NIS to unregulated ultra-Orthodox educational institutions (credit: MK Turpaz's office)

It may be cliché to say that education is a cornerstone of Israel’s economy and security and the keystone for our future. But what makes any cliché a cliché is that it’s true. The fundamental problem with education in...

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Aug 20, 2026, 9:00 PM

A Beast Would Mourn Longer: ‘My Child! My Child!’

"A little month... O God! A beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourned longer." - Hamlet, I.2, William Shakespeare (1601) Every parent's worst nightmare is losing their child. Whether due to illness, drugs, suicide, crime, war or terrorism,...

Aug 20, 2026, 8:47 PM

The Digital Front Door Helps Support a New Generation of Children Where They Are

If child protection is to remain relevant and effective, it must reinvent itself. Today, 85% of ELI’s intake arrives online rather than through traditional phone lines.

We live in an era where the primary gateway to a child’s world is no longer a knock on the front door, or even a ringing telephone. It is a screen. For older generations, picking up the phone to...

Aryeh Eisenberg

Aug 19, 2026, 6:19 PM

Celebrating our 18th Aliyahversary!

18 years and counting....

Eighteen years ago, my wife, our two young children, and I left our home in Highland Park, New Jersey, and headed to JFK for a one-way flight to our new home in Israel. At the time, aliyah was still, in...

Aug 12, 2026, 10:22 PM

Building on Shifting Sand: Raising Kids in Israel

I was raised in a quiet suburb in Westchester county outside New York City, where life unfolded among single-family homes and an unspoken script about how things were supposed to go. In high school, we often heard about the...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:03 PM

Lebanon’s Summer Camps

When Summer Camp Teaches War: Lebanon Cannot Build Peace by Preparing Children for the Next Conflict By Imran Igra A warning from history about youth militarization, armed movements and the future Lebanon’s children deserve Every summer, parents send children to camp hoping...

Aug 7, 2026, 6:59 AM

Praise for “Hallie’s Big Heart” an inspiring children’s book by Beth Phillips

My dear friend Beth Phillips who is very active in the NYC Jewish community recently wrote a thoughtful and meaningful children's book entitled “Hallie’s Big Heart.” She wrote the book because, like so many people in our Jewish community...

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