Iyar 26, 5771 · May 30, 2011
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| Jewish Life |
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Supporting families with special-needs children
"If you have a child with special needs, you experience similar
things, whether it's grief over losing the dream of having a 'perfect
child,' or dealing with challenging school systems and difficult
grandparents and communities that make them feel excluded," said Dr.
Jeff Lichtman, the national director of Yachad...
By Deena Yellin
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| Voices |
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For years, I never made the connection between the customary
Shavuot decorations of flowers and any deeper feeling these decorations
were supposed to engender. I always noted the presence of a few
flowerpots in synagogue, then ignored them...
By Yvette Miller
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| Editorial & Commentary |
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Judaism recognizes that we all have the power to change. But it
doesn't happen on its own. It doesn't happen simply because we grow
older...
By Sara Esther Crispe
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| On Being Jewish |
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It's got to be one of the toughest marketing problems of all
time: selling Orthodox Judaism. You've got all this long black stuff.
And then there are the hats . . .
By Matt Lipeles
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| Pictures with a Purpose |
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Columbia, MD
Noah was the first to observe the mitzvah of feeding one's animals before oneself.
By Michoel Ogince
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| Parenting |
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Okay, so I yelled a little too loudly when I yelled at my
daughter. Okay, so maybe she didn't deserve as much of my anger as I let
out. But, she did deserve some of it, didn't she? I mean, could I just
let it pass? Not say anything? Who would she become, then?
By Jay Litvin
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