Academic And Social Skills Insights #3
In other words, by allowing your children to experience disappointment, you are teaching them how to cope with frustration in the future.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Prayer
Zuckerberg’s closing words at Harvard's commencement: I am reminded of a prayer, Mi Shebeirach, that I say whenever I face a challenge, that I sing to my daughter thinking about her future...
Jerusalem – Forty-Nine Years Later
Like a radiant bride waiting for the arrival of her groom, she is surrounded by shusvinim in the form of vibrant new neighborhoods.
Good Grief: Learning To Cope With Tragedy
As with most problems in her life, Sandberg approached this one logically. She asked her esteemed friends who are world renowned psychologists and professors for a plan.
Before or After? The Resource Room Debate
There is a debate within educational circles today as to whether resource rooms or learning centers should remediate or accelerate.
Q & A: A Bar Mitzvah During Sefirah
Question: Should a boy continue counting the omer with a berachah once he becomes bar mitzvah?
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A Court Like No Other
Hashem has, after all, judged exactly the cases of our lives on 5,778 previous occasions. He has seen individual Jews and even the entire Jewish people turn their lives around many times before. The ultimate Judge is biased in our favor
The Return Of The Feiglinites
“The fight for democracy is taking place today within the Likud: between Ruby Rivlin, Michael Eitan and Dan Meridor on one side, and Yariv Levin, Zeev Elkin, Danny Danon and all those who are – conditionally, of course – on [Moshe] Feiglin’s endorsed list on the other.”
Is Superman Jewish?
There are a variety of sources that, comics historians claim, served as sources of inspiration for the Superman character.
The Borrower Who Has To Repay A Loan Twice Even Though He Only Borrowed...
There was no basis for him to assume that the two plaintiffs trusted each other and that one of them would not claim the repayment of a loan he never lent.
The Struggle Of Faith
Why not paint Jacob in more attractive colors?
It seems to me that the Torah is delivering, here as elsewhere, an extraordinary message: that if we can truly relate to God as God, in His full transcendence and majesty, then we can relate to humans as humans in all their fallibility.
Politics And Our Perception Of Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is politically and theologically promiscuous, penetrating the nationalist right and the progressive left, creeping into churches and leading the thundering discourse of political Islam.
A Time Of Promise
Since there is no "happenstance" in our world, we can only say that something of great import is taking place in the Holy Land.
Camp Mommy – Week 1
Sure, you could purchase a package of clean, saliva-free popsicle sticks, but where’s the fun in that?
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman Installed As New YU President
In an era in which there is a breakdown of civic and civil conversation, Yeshiva University is uniquely positioned to address the most pressing moral issues of the day.
Star-Studded Speakers List Unveiled for Upcoming Anglo-Israeli Business Conference in Yerushalayim
Attendees at the conference will have the opportunity to personally network with the presenters and follow up on a one-on-one basis.
How To Travel (Outside of Israel) Part II
American Jews have the impression that France, and Paris in particular, is a terribly dangerous place for Jews. However, to my pleasant surprise, I learnt that this was not the case.
Do Not Trespass
As a round-faced child with big cheeks, I was often pinched by visitors to our home, or in shul by acquaintances of my father.