Combatting sinat chinam by highlighting acts of kindness.
Author: Steve Lipman
Everyday Kindness – Summer 2022
Volunteering in Moldova
She had learned two expressions in Russian. “You are in a safe place.” And, “You are not alone.”
Two Nights, Two People, Four Solo Seders
Despite Mom’s earlier Seder disinvitation, I got to spend another Pesach with her. This time, she did not object.
Shtadlanim: Dr. Marvin Schick (1934-2020)
“There’s the Jewish People—and Jewish people,” the larger Jewish community and individual, often unsung Jews. “He understood both.”
Shtadlanim: Rabbi Dr. Israel Miller (1919-2002)
Rabbi Miller played an active role as a volunteer, often as the public face and voice of the Jewish community, on behalf of the JCRC, Holocaust survivors, Soviet Jews and other causes, as well as several Orthodox and Zionist organizations.
Covid Aliyah
Covid-19 has spurred an unprecedented interest in aliyah. Why?
Parnassah Exchange: A New Clearinghouse for the Unemployed
“It’s a major game-changer,” restoring millions of dollars of potentially lost salaries to members of the Orthodox community.
A Summer of Change
Why camps play such an important role
Solo Shabbat
“So, who’s your latest victim?” That was the sarcastic question a colleague at work—a Sabra who has picked up the snarky US sense of humor—would ask me every Thursday or Friday when he spotted me rolling a suitcase into our office. It meant I was going away for Shabbat....
When God Says No
“Rabbi, I prayed for my zeidy to get better, but he died. Didn’t God listen to my prayer?”