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Ruthie Hollander

May 21, 2025, 9:40 PM

My Father’s Sabbatical Years

My father and my daughter walking together.

My family always loved sabbatical years. They meant that my father — who does research in pure mathematics — was more available to take us on trips and go on adventures. Without a teaching schedule or the need to...

Andy Blumenthal

May 18, 2025, 6:14 AM

Kabbalah Meets the Dalai Lama

A Remarkable Interfaith Encounter in Dharamsala In 1990, a groundbreaking interfaith journey occurred when a group of rabbis traveled to Dharamsala, India, to engage in a historic dialogue with the Dalai Lama. This unprecedented meeting, later chronicled in Rodger Kamenetz’s...

Barbara Schwarck

Apr 29, 2025, 8:50 PM

What’s Your Dream?

"I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream." Martin Luther King, Jr. As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week, we focus on...

Zhenia Kulyavtsev

Mar 30, 2025, 9:38 PM

Did You Flush? Mind and Body as a Plumbing System

Imagine waking up one morning to find the water in your home barely trickling from the taps, slow and murky, or worse—completely blocked. Immediately, your daily routine becomes a struggle. Interestingly enough, your body and mind function much the...

Jan 29, 2025, 9:49 PM

Comparing Yourself to Others

The quickest way to starve the soul is by feeding the ego It’s really important to visualize your dreams. If you don’t know where you’re going, then how on Earth can you get there? Vision-boarding is a popular, emerging trend in...

Andy Blumenthal

Jan 9, 2025, 11:28 PM

A Day Is Coming: One G-d, One World

I don't know why these words are coming to me particularly today, but I feel inspired and wanted to share them with you all. A day is coming, a day of profound revelation, when the L-rd, blessed be He, will...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Jan 9, 2025, 11:20 PM

Parashat Vayechi: Seeing The Souls Sides

“Each of the twelve tribes is like one part of the external body, linked by the joints” (Zohar Vayechi 241a). This is one of the Zohar’s insights on this week’s parashat, where Jacob gives blessings to his sons (and...

Jonathan Freirich

Oct 11, 2024, 10:35 PM

Tonight I said a blessing

near your mother, who asked, “The Mets won?” Worthy of a blessing for sure. “…who gives us life, who stands us up, who brings us to this time…” was for your and my conversation about car maintenance. “I just talked to our son about what...

Sep 24, 2024, 1:46 PM

3 AM Thoughts from a Kibbutz under Fire

My kibbutz, Hannaton, smack in the middle of this red blurb.

I live on a small kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley, and lately, it feels like we're right in the middle of all the rockets coming in from Lebanon. Here are some thoughts from 3 AM after being woken up...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 1, 2024, 4:51 AM

Life is Full of Oohs and Ahs

I'm calling on the Savior to be all that I need Please forgive me, my behavior had me lost at light speed - GRITS Ooh Ah (My Life Be Like): featured in The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift The Rabbi told a...

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