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Do’s And Don’ts For Divorced Parents
From Adults Who Grew Up in Divorced Families
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What Tishrei Is Like In Squirrel Hill This Year
I am deriving joy from our Torah and tradition even when it is tinged with sadness.
Inspiring People / 25 Oct 2019
Representative Cummings: Lying in State, Dancing With The Angels
Remembering Representative Cummings
Hold Dualities Together / 24 Oct 2019
Is There Value In Distracted Praying? Are We Ever Not Distracted?
Should we even bother praying if we’re always distracted?
Another Way Of Looking At Things / 17 Oct 2019
I Am All About Nuance, And It’s Killing My Dreams
My brain will not let me accept simple answers.
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Have you heard of the latest hot trend in schools? They're called fidget toys, and they are marketed as a solution to an inability to focus. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield examines whether there is any validity to this claim, as well as the deeper truths this exploration can reveal about our own lives....
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The wisdom behind Shabbat was deemed relevant in a California court of law....
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Is it wrong for SNL to use fat shaming and gay bashing as part of their humor in covering the Trump administration?...
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