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Joseph C. Kaplan

Jul 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

I never caught the jigsaw puzzle fever, but my sister is an avid assembler, and during covid, my wife, Sharon, also took them up. Following their lead, I’ll try to construct a metaphoric jigsaw puzzle column, presenting three pieces...

Jul 7, 2026, 12:44 AM

The mothers we become

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Being a parent is the lifelong work of watching pieces of your own heart walk out into the world, even when they travel beyond your reach

Jul 3, 2026, 6:31 AM

On Parents and Teachers (Pinchas, Covenant & Conversation)

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Just beneath the surface of this week’s Parsha is an exceptionally poignant story. It occurs in the context of Moses’ prayer that God appoint a successor as leader of the Jewish people. One hint is given in the words of...

Stephen M. Flatow

Jul 1, 2026, 2:22 PM

When Americans fund terrorism

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The terror group that murdered my daughter in 1995, has had no difficulty finding US citizens to fill its coffers

Jun 30, 2026, 10:18 AM

If Your Child Can’t Tell You the Hardest Truth, Nothing Else Matters

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Making our homes places where our children’s hardest truths are welcomed, not feared. A few months ago, a friend told me about her daughter. Sixteen years old, good student, close with her parents — or so they thought. It was...

Mordechai Soskil

Jun 24, 2026, 8:49 PM

Kaddish Brothers

This Friday will conclude 11 months since my father’s death, and thus the end of my period of time to say the Mourner’s Kaddish. When a Jew is sitting Shiva, they stay at home and the minyan comes to...

Charles E. Savenor

Jun 21, 2026, 9:12 AM

To infinity and beyond: The wisdom of Toy Story

Like Woody the cowboy, I used to worry my kids would outgrow me. Instead, I have new assignments

Jun 7, 2026, 10:04 AM

Another soldier fell in Lebanon. I know his loving mother

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Stopped in my tracks by the pain of a woman who knows she'll never hug her son again, I try to do my best for my own boy, even as we argue about his shoes

Eliezer Avraham

Jun 5, 2026, 7:39 PM

Beha’alotecha and the Journey of a Father’s Heart

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When love is misunderstood, when distance grows, and when hope refuses to die Beha’alotecha: When the Heart Carries More Than It Can Hold In Parashat Beha’alotecha, Moses reaches a breaking point. The people misunderstand him, reject the manna he believed would...

William Hamilton

Jun 5, 2026, 5:47 PM

An Ouch That Became Healing

“My son was actually upset with me,” Iris told us this week. Why was he upset? Because he felt less loved than his brother and sister were. Everything was harder for 20-year-old Yotam who grew up struggling with many...

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