We need to return to the Jewish definition of progress as “whatever advances the redemption of humankind and the world.”
Health & Well-being
Put that Smartphone down, and listen – PART II
“This is a world war between the culture of Israel and the culture of Edom.”
Put that Smartphone down, and listen
Apparently someone thought that it would be easier for a parent to remember their smartphone than to remember not to leave their child to die in a locked car.
CENSORED!
For me, self-censored input includes that which demeans human dignity, undermines my valued relationships, or stimulates selfishness and other small-minded traits.
Why Trees Bend
“Why do they lean this way?” I asked my father.
“It’s the wind,” he told me. “How would you like to be blown all year round for sixty years?”
DRUGS: “THE GREAT ESCAPE” — BUT TO WHERE?
We keep hearing about the opioid addiction crisis. People are dying. What to do?
Pre-Shavuos and Shavuos for Those Who Are at Least Somewhat Desperate
We can have access to sights, sounds, and senses that lie outside of our present spectrum, and it is very likely that therein lie the answers to questions we as individuals and as a community are so much in need of.
Giving from love vs giving from resentment
Giving from love vs giving from resentment Have you experienced the contrast of being the recipient of chesed from someone who gave with an open heart, and someone who didn’t? When the giver gives from a place of superiority, scorn, or resentment, it feels totally different to me. In fact, instead of creating love and […]
Order in the playroom! Guest post by Batya Shai
Order in the playroom! I suppose it sounds oxymoronic to call for order in a playroom, something akin to witnessing the disorder of a basketball court in a courtroom (though considering the games sometimes played in a secular court, they might as well add that!). Nevertheless, during my young married life in suburbia, I wielded […]
The Vaccine Debate: Why are the ‘experts’ scared to respond to our questions?
If the evidence for vaccine safety and effectiveness is so overwhelming and incontrovertible, then why are so many of the rabbinical and medical ‘experts’ on vaccines in the orthodox Jewish community trying to close down the debate before it even begins?