Summer 2017(5777) 5777

While the quintessential Jewish woman of the past most likely did stir pots, roll pastry dough and haggle with vendors, she was also a formidable force in the business world.

A Harvard graduate who just came out with her thirty-third book discusses her decades-long career as a writer of Jewish children’s books.

Which book would you recommend children read this summer and why?

In the Limelight by Bayla Sheva Brenner Rabbi’s Son Syndrome by Dovid Bashevkin

Despite the expectations, visibility and sacrifice, these children of rabbis or high-profile rebbetzins saw close-up what it means to take a community under one’s wing, and to dedicate one’s life to uplifting others.

A rabbinic home, one would assume, would be the best environment in which to be raised in order to ensure lifelong religious commitment. Nonetheless, children of rabbis, and clergy in general, often have a particular struggle with religion.

“Everything I do in the rabbinate, I’ve done in OU-JLIC,”

It’s very painful to be aware of what the security standards are and to know that your school falls short because it cannot possibly afford to implement them.

Even in the best-case scenario, there are hundreds of changes that need to take place before an “almost kosher” restaurant can become kosher.

Instead of getting stressed out that stress is hurting you, think of the stress response as a way your body becomes stronger, getting you ready to face adversity.