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Too Much Noise
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Is your life under bombardment?
To This Day
by Shane Koyczan Confronting the effects of bullying. A collaborative video.
Q & A for Teens: Dating Jewish?
by Lauren Roth I’m really attracted to a boy in my class, but he’s not Jewish.
Crossing the Red Sea
Sometimes prayer just isn’t enough….
Obama’s Seder
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech A Passover message for the president.
Passover & the President
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Let the preparations begin!
Erin Callan Liberated
by Emuna Braverman Callan was a slave to Lehman Brothers and her career. What are you enslaved to?
Choosing a Pope
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech It happens in the Sistine Chapel, which was designed to be a copy of the holy Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
Watching the Bible
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon 14 million people tuned in. Can they get turned on?
Q and A for Teens: Assimilation & Public High School
by Lauren Roth How can I keep myself from assimilating?
Dear Emuna: TV as a Babysitter
by Emuna Braverman Am I a bad mother if I let my kids watch the occasional show?
Worst Birthday Ever
by Yvette Alt Miller Justin Bieber and the search for happiness.
The New Holocaust Discoveries
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech With more than 42,000 ghettos and concentration camps scattered throughout Europe, almost everyone had to know what was happening.
The Jezebel Restaurant Debate
Should Kosher supervision have the power to reject a restaurant’s name?
Where Have All the Lawyers Gone?
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Applications are way down. Do you care?
Q&A for Teens: God’s Plan Vs. My Plan
by Lauren Roth Help! My family is moving and I don’t want to.
Dear Emuna: Wandering Eyes
by Emuna Braverman My husband thinks it’s normal to notice the prettiest woman in the room.
Revisiting Betty Friedan
by Sara Debbie Gutfreund Breaking free of feminism's constraints.
Giving Blood, Giving Life
by The New York Blood Center Seventy anonymous blood donors saved Ariel Fishman’s life.
Upside Down Purim
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Has Yaakov Salomon lost his mind?
The Great Facebook Bribe
Should a parent bribe a child not to use Facebook?
Valentine’s Day Love
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Does the word “love” still mean anything?
Dear Emuna: Provocative Clothing
by Emuna Braverman How do I convince my wife to dress more modestly without coming off as a control freak?
Q & A for Teens: Strangers Among Us
by Lauren Roth Kids in my class are acting racist and I feel powerless.
Remembering the Columbia Disaster
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon One troubling moral dilemma remains…
Why I'm Raising My Children With God
by Sara Debbie Gutfreund The most precious gift I can give my children.
The Forgiveness Prayer
by Rabbi Benjamin Rapaport Tools for dropping the toxic baggage.
Q&A for Teens: Teens & Respect
by Lauren Roth Practical advice for parents and teenagers to feel respected by each other.
Anti-Muslim Marketing
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Anti-Muslim ads fill the NYC subways. Good idea?
Dear Emuna: All-Girls or Co-ed?
by Emuna Braverman Is there a distinct advantage to an all-girls school?
When Enough is Enough
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Remodeling our kitchen provided an extreme makeover – in an unexpected way.
Lance Armstrong’s Morality Play
by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman Ultimately falsehood self-destructs.
Twin Brothers Put to Death
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon The slippery slope of euthanasia. A shocking case.
Buddy, Can You Keep It Down?
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Is there a nice way to tell strangers to be quiet?
Q & A for Teens: Mom, You Talk Too Much
by Lauren Roth My teenaged son says I talk too much. How do I know if he’s right?
Dear Emuna: My Son, the Wild Animal
by Emuna Braverman Will my teenaged son ever learn manners?
My Integrity Challenge
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon How far does honesty go?
The Key to Real Success
by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner What if you’re not the world’s best looking, smartest and richest?
My Vote for Jew of the Year
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon A rather surprising selection.
Q&A for Teens: Bullying Revisited
by Lauren Roth A kid in my class is being mean to me. What should I do?
Sandy Hook: A Jewish Antidote
by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman How the Torah instills moral sensitivity and self-discipline.
Ulysses S. Grant & the Jews
by Jeff Jacoby When General Grant expelled the Jews.
10 Ways to Help Newtown’s Grieving Families
by Sherri Mandell From a mother who knows.
Dear Emuna: Rescuing My Daughter
by Emuna Braverman Should I help pay her out of a bind or let her suffer the consequences?
Jewish Person of the Year
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon Who has contributed the most to the Jewish people this year?
Les Misérables and the Bible
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Reconciling God’s attribute of Justice with Mercy.
How to Choose a Career
by Rabbi Benjamin Rapaport Judaism’s five-piece framework for finding a career that really fits.
Preventing Another Massacre
by Jeff Jacoby Good laws will never abolish all evil.
A Hero in Connecticut
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Where did a first grade teacher get the strength to perform her extraordinary act of bravery?
Q & A for Teens: Can’t Talk
by Lauren Roth Help! Something's really bothering me but I just can't get myself to talk!

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