Virtue Makes You Beautiful

by Alex Boye and Lone Peak Stake A viral video about modesty.

Returning Questionable Objects

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Should I return a trashy magazine to its rightful owner?

Cruel Children

by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Shaking off our indifference to bullying.

Hobby Lobby’s Hanukkah Decoration Fiasco

by Yvette Alt Miller The company inadvertently reminds us the meaning of the holiday.

If It Ain’t Broke… Fix It

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon What are you waiting for?

Q and A for Teens: Afraid to Enjoy the Joy

by Lauren Roth I have a good life, but I’m afraid something bad is going to happen.

The Money or the Box

by Eliana Cline I thought the answer was obvious until I faced the test.

Honey, Your Success is Shrinking Me

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Men have a hard time when the women around them do well.

Dear Emuna: Different Parenting Styles

by Emuna Braverman He thinks I’m overprotective and I think he’s not careful enough.

Q&A for Teens: Not Enough Money

by Lauren Roth We don’t have as much money as the neighbors and it’s embarrassing.

The Navy Yard Shootings

by Yvette Alt Miller We can’t take life for granted.

Dear Emuna: Kids’ Financial Struggles

by Emuna Braverman My married daughter and her family are struggling financially and I have no resources to help them.

Think

by Gila Manolson Are you a victim of the Abilene Paradox?

Sukkot on Mars

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon It may be a lot closer than you think.

Touching Lives through Music

by Leora Friedman Making a difference in people’s lives is more inspiring than any song.

Why Kol Nidrei?

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Is this any way to start the holiest day of the year?

Q&A for Teens: Should I Conform?

by Lauren Roth All the popular kids are one way and I’m another. Should I change myself to be like them?

The Good Gene

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Attaining at-onement this Yom Kippur.

9/11 in Jerusalem

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund Crossing the red lines of the heart.

Why Give?

by jgift.org Charity is not only how much we give, but how we give.

Matt Harvey & Rosh Hashanah

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Pitching a lesson in prayer for the High Holidays.

A Book for Elliot Spitzer

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Which one Jewish book would you choose for Elliot Spitzer?

Dear Emuna: Uprooting the Kids

by Emuna Braverman My husband’s dream job requires moving. My kids say we’re ruining their lives. Are we?

The Heroism of Antoinette Tuff

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund A lesson in speaking from the heart.

Letting Terrorists Go

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Why doesn’t the world understand?

Q&A for Teens: Special Soul, Special Brother

by Lauren Roth My mother just had a baby, and we found out he has Down’s Syndrome. I keep crying and crying.

Worse Than Idol Worship

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Who is going to reach out to the masses of Jews who are not seeking a spiritual connection?

Dear Emuna: When Friends Hurt a Spouse

by Emuna Braverman I was hurt by my husband’s friends and even more hurt that my husband doesn’t stand by me.

No Children Please

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech What are couples who choose not to have children missing out on?

My Modesty Revolution

by Rea Bochner Dressing modestly states: I am defined by who I am inside, not by what I look like on the outside.

Anthony Weiner Can Change

by Chaya Rivka Zwolinski The Jewish month of Elul is the opportune time for change.

Q&A for Teens: College-Bound

by Lauren Roth I’m going to college and I don’t know anyone there. How will I find my place?

Start Over

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Sometimes the best way to build is to shut it down.

Meatloaf for Mourners

by Robin Greenman What to do (and not to do) after a death.

Driving with Big Brother

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Never drive alone again. Would you let your driving habits be under constant surveillance?

Dear Emuna: Cheating Husband

by Emuna Braverman Something special between us was broken. Can we rebuild our marriage?

Train Crash in Spain

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund Sometimes our reckless behavior causes life to go off the rails.

No Shame

by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman Elliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner and the absence of shame.

Teaching Kids Respect

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon How do you get kids today to respect their elders?

Q&A for Teens: Lazy and Unmotivated

A lesson in alacrity from the Japanese.

Malala at the United Nations

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Books and pens are our most powerful weapons.

Elderly & Chinese Law

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech For American parents it’s very often no more than a fantasy, but it’s now the law in China.

Terrorist on Rolling Stone Cover

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund Where is our human decency and compassion?

Tootsie & Beauty Bias

by Yvette Alt Miller Dustin Hoffman would never have given Tootsie a second look.

Zimmerman Acquittal

by Yvette Alt Miller It’s not easy to have the humility to say we don’t know.

Tisha B'Av & the Asiana Plane Crash

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund Sometimes we are blinded by the light.

Learning to Cope

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon One vital ingredient in the psychotherapeutic process: Just talk.

Dear Emuna: Changing My Husband

by Emuna Braverman How can I help my husband change a certain trait?

Klezmer’s Virtuoso

by Rabbi Tzvi Gluckin Patience and perseverance: Andy Statman’s journey through Judaism and music.

Proving the Torah

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon It can and should be done.