Group superiority is not my thing. I prefer to see every soul's stunning potential.
The reason why Jewish children are not accepted into local schools -- and what can be done.
I don't like to pray-- at least not the kind of prayer that involves a prayerbook. Maybe its too regimented. Maybe I’m not disciplined enough. Or maybe I just never learnt how to pray.
The author takes his favorite philosophy idea and tries it out on the sharpest philosophical mind of his generation.
There is no magic bullet for making Jewish education universally available and affordable, but prioritizing it for our kids and ourselves is vital for our tradition.
Somehow, we learn that modesty is about externals. About hemlines. About shame. About sex. Yet is it?
We are failing too many frum boys, and we’re all involved in this failure – wherever we live – until we make the changes needed to better serve the educational needs of each individual child.
From Rabbis to community leaders to philanthropists, it seems we are enamored with outreach and the unaffiliated Jew. Yet, I ask myself: What about those that are already on the 'inside,' practicing Judaism? Are they getting the same care and opportunity? And whose responsibility are they?
The story of why, and how, Yocheved founded a school called Lamplighters-- and what keeps it going strong.
