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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

Illustrative. A woman hugs her son. (iStock)

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...

Emanuela Barasch Rubinstein

Jun 3, 2026, 9:09 PM

Writing about Giving Birth

Years ago, I ran into a classmate whom I hadn’t seen for years. I asked her how she was, and she replied, “You won’t believe it—I gave birth a week ago.” I complimented her for her slim figure. She...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Jun 3, 2026, 10:45 AM

My Failure as a Mom: Starring the Holy City, mulberries & going to the potty

When life hands you Neuro sparkly and no sleep, you can either punch a wall or decide your life is an indie comedy. My son is 4 — fully aligned with his autism diagnosis. How this translates is that changes...

Jun 1, 2026, 2:49 PM

Last Seen – the unbearable vigil of waiting

There is a particular kind of fear that has no name. It is not the fear of a nightmare, because you are wide awake. It is not the fear of bad news, because the news has not come yet. It...

May 28, 2026, 2:15 PM

A Crisis of Leadership

It is a moment unparalleled in the whole Torah. Moshe, until now the Jewish People’s greatest advocate, reaches his breaking point. He complains that he was given the burden of leading the Jewish People; he says his death would...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

May 24, 2026, 6:29 PM

Spoiler: The mob does not pause for complexity

Boris (right) and Sofia Gurman tussle with terrorist Sajid Akram (left) before he carried out the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, December 14, 2025. (Screenshot)

On that nuanced response you have ready for the guy in the airport who calls you a baby killer

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