Pirkei Avot teaches us: "Who is wealthy? Those who are happy with their portion." We live in a consumerist society that constantly reminds us that we ...

As the children pray, they look intently at us as they try to follow the motions while they sing. “Shema”—we place our hands next to ...

Beginning in the mid 1800s and to this day, June 19th...is a day when African Americans celebrate their independence and freedom and we all celebrate ...

My parents did not start blessing me on Friday nights until I was in high school. What inspired the change? The “aha” moment for them ...

I sat surrounded by a cloud of hundreds of other kids and adults, each wearing all white, singing and praying the words of poet Haim ...

I often think of Shabbat as a homecoming at the end of my week. Just as after a long day of work or school or ...

When my husband Jeremy first mentioned the idea of using cloth diapers for our daughter, I laughed. After quite a few back and forths, a ...

One of my favorite Hasidic tales is about the wandering brothers, Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk and Rabbi Zushe of Anipoli. The two brothers were often ...

My husband, Jeremy, and I both agree that, whenever we move into a new apartment, it doesn’t quite feel like home until we have hosted ...

Over the past few weeks, a controversy has erupted on the Upper West Side regarding the temporary use of local hotels to shelter men experiencing ...