Human Interest

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

God is always communicating with us. Sometimes it takes a miracle for us to get the message.

by Dr. Lisa Aiken, Ph.D.

My personal struggles with infertility.

by Marion Levy

A memoir of my mother's hardest battles.

by Zev Roth

The son of a Jewish woman and an Arab man struggles with his identity. A true story.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Not all wins take place on the playing field.

by Kate Axelrod

A mother, whose son perished in the Twin Towers, searches for elusive "closure."

How life has changed for one World Trade Center survivor.

by Chana Gila Davis

My return to Judaism and the many detours along the way.

by Ross Hirschmann

When I was 20, I spent my junior year in college in France to run away from Judaism. But God had other plans for me.

by Rabbi Asher Resnick

After a 12-year bout with leukemia, a teenager's parents say goodbye.

by Jacob Stewart

A story about abandonment and the deep bonds of love.

by Wayne Kopping

A cosmic conspiracy to get one man to keep kosher.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

The destinies of two families converge in the wave of terror.

by Yaacov Deyo

God sent a letter and used half the Mediterranean as stationery.

by Jeffrey Dunetz

I was a three-day a year Jew who stopped by McDonalds on the way to the golf course every Saturday morning. Now I'm being called an observant Jew. What happened?

by Louis Renaldo

From reductionism to Judaism: A convert describes his path to Jewish observance and spiritual fulfillment.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

One woman's search for her life's compass.

Despite doctors' dire warnings of a problematic pregnancy, a couple decides to go full term.

by Tova Lebovits

Through ingenuity and chutzpah, one man saved lives in the Holocaust. His daughter tells how.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

How to feel good amidst catastrophe.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Clarity sometimes comes when you least expect it.

A recent convert to Judaism describes her spiritual odyssey.

by Steven Feuerstein

Seth and Sherri Mandell's remarkable mission to Asia brought a profound message of peace and hope amidst the darkness.

by Sam Cowan

After running from the Nazis as a 10-year-old, she has seen life come full circle.

by Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen

A Jewish boy's request for a Christmas tree leads to an important discovery: to be truly universal, we must first be able to give to the world our own light.

by Varda Branfman

The mysteries of life and death provide one woman an unusual gateway into the meaning and beauty of traditional Judaism.

by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller

One man's story of the self-deception and honesty that clashes inside all of us.

by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

When my wife was diagnosed with cancer, something odd happened. Her anger at God went away.

by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

God is intimately involved in all that happens in our lives. And if what happens is cancer, then not only does He know about it, He makes it happen.

by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

An Aish UK rabbi, whose wife passed away some weeks ago, shares some profound lessons he has learned.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Terrorist bombs kill innocent people. They also leave wounds for life.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

God becomes believable when life becomes unbelievable. *

by Ross Hirschmann

Volunteering one hour to help others gave me a surprising insight about myself and the world.

A great sage and leader of American Jewry teaches a lesson about small acts of caring.

Ten years after her brother was killed in an auto accident, a young woman reflects back on what she learned.

by Jonathan Rosenblum

There are special moments in life when we touch God's perfection. Here's one of them.

by Rivka DeLay

A recent convert to Judaism discovers that spirituality is embedded not only in souls, but also in the bricks of a wall.

by Lauren Freedman

Waiting for the birth of a first nephew is supposed to be a time of great happiness. For this aunt the wait is carving out a loss that will echo throughout a lifetime.

by Richard Rabkin

Can you ever be too Jewish for your grandparents? One young man tests the outer-limits.

by Katharina von Kellenbach

I was about thirteen when I read that my uncle was accused of killing 30,000 Jews.

by Richard Rabkin

Wearing a yarmulke is no easy decision. It signifies to the world – and to its wearer – that it sits on top of a committed Jew.

by Sarah Shapiro

An evening's encounter with a handicapped couple overturns misconceptions that have crippled one woman over a lifetime.

by Tzvi Gluckin

Sometimes a person needs to meditate and think about things. Most of the time he just needs to eat something greasy.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Many Jews turn to Buddhism to rise to spiritual heights. Judaism says, "Take the whole world up with you."

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Forget the holiday hike. A real spiritual path is steep and challenging.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

When Esh Kodesh was a boy, he wished his kindergarten teacher: "May they not kill you. May you not die young." Last month, he died at age 25, gunned down by an Arab terrorist.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Israel is traumatized when a terrorist bomb maims three children, but one woman is catapulted to a new level of gratitude.

by Sarah Shapiro

I was a Jewish kid who didn't know what it meant to be Jewish, who was painfully, earnestly trying to fit in by concealing the Jewishness I knew nothing about.

by Azriel Hirsh Friedman

I spent six years marketing a parade of pleasures, only to find out that God throws theme parties all the time.