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by Rabbi Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich

Everything in life was firmly established: career, family, friends. Then came Katrina.

by Holly Pinchevsky-Cin

As we drove for hours to get out of Houston, we were hoping for a miracle.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The challenge of our age: not to desecrate God's holy name with acts that profane all that He stands for.

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Sometimes speed can make things slower.

by Rabbi Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich

Picking up the pieces in Katrina's aftermath.

by Yael Mermelstein

Love's missing ingredient.

by Emuna Braverman

Successful relationships are built on making the needs and pain of others as real as our own.

by Jonathan Rosenblum

Europeans are not about to start singing, "We are all Israelis now," any time soon.

by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

Yesterday terror arrived on our doorstep. Like Israelis, now I, too, must worry about getting on a train or my son taking a bus to school.

If I have learned nothing else through my 16-year-old daughter's death, it is that you can never tell your children enough times how much you love them.

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

What would you like to do for just one week?

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

The essential outrage of "Holocaust on Your Plate" was not that it injured feelings, but rather that it equated human beings with cows, pigs and chickens.

by Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Why our family doesn't do Mother's Day.

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Imagine how careful you'd be if those around you were watching, listening, and analyzing your every word. Guess what? They probably are.

by Daniel Eisenberg, M.D.

Blurring the line between life and death, and between medical data and morality, her death signifies a disturbing turning point for American society.

by Stephen Baron

I lost my job, I'm a quadriplegic, and I'm the luckiest man in the world.

by Dr. Jackie Yaris

She was terminally ill with no possibility for cure. Her husband insisted we do everything possible to keep her alive. I couldn't help wondering: Did we launch her into some painful, hellish limbo?

by Emuna Braverman

Queen Esther shows us how we can all be heroes.

by Lisa Compart

I want normal back.

by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

Environmental preservation has been part of Jewish tradition for 3,300 years.

by Dina Coopersmith

I always considered "being normal" the most important quality in a person. Then I had a baby with Down syndrome.

by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky

Every so often, we are reminded that we are not the conquerors, but trustees.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

A spiritual response to disaster.

by Emuna Braverman

When confronted with evil, it's the time to fight - and to counteract with kindness.

by Jeff Jacoby

Kofi Annan is a symptom of the UN's sickness.

by Ruth W. Messinger

As Jews, we have an increased moral obligation to respond, to speak out and take action.

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Why are some people blessed with wonderful, caring friends while others seem destined for loneliness?

by Emuna Braverman

Whether the workplace, at home, or school - everyone thrives on sincere praise.

by Rabbi Boruch Leff

Spiritual lessons from the crucial presidential vote in Ohio.

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Contrasting our problems with the difficulties previous Jewish generations had to endure puts some things in to perspective.

by Talia Rosenthal

It's been an office, phone booth, dining room, and hair and make-up salon. Last week I got a wake up call that changed all that.

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

As a quadriplegic, Christopher Reeve demonstrated heroic powers.

by Raymond Sebag

Giving others the greatest gift possible.

by Nonie Darwish

A cry from an Arab American over the carnage in Russia.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

A Jewish look at the quest for greatness.

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

The fighting in Fallujah may have deep biblical roots

by Rabbi Boruch Leff

Overcoming our failure of imagination.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Beware. Forces of Estrangement are lurking everywhere.

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Deceit and insincerity, both subtle and blatant, permeate our lives.Jaded, we either miss it or shrug it off. Neither reaction is acceptable.

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Maimonides' mystifying rodent and the limits of science.

by Dr. Jackie Yaris

As an internist, I often see stress and anxiety masquerade as physical ailments. What is happening to our freedom?

by Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen

A neighborhood petition taught me how the Torah encompasses all areas of existence.

by Rosally Saltsman

When all is said and done, all you're left with is the money you've given away.

by Jonathan Rosenblum

Another unfortunate example of classical appeasement.

by Jeff Jacoby

When civilized nations fail to rise up against the Jew-haters in their midst, it is often just a matter of time before the Jew-haters in their midst rise up against them.

by Charles Krauthammer

When you retell a story in which the role of the Jews is central and give it the most offensive, pre-Vatican II treatment possible, you can hardly claim, "I didn't mean it."

by Yossi Klein Halevi

Are we supposed to ignore the irony that our strongest allies are now promoting a film that resurrects the charge of deicide?

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Perhaps our best response to this Hollywood missionary effort is to look inward and take pride in the beauty of our own faith.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

His latest lethal weapon? Mel's film promises spiritual inspiration but instead evokes the kind of rage that for centuries past resulted in ruthless acts of retribution.