by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
by Debbie Gutfreund
What do you do when everything you own is suddenly taken from you and you're fortunate enough to still have everything that really matters?
Sara Yoheved Rigler
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
What to do when you lose it big time.
by Emuna Braverman
I barely remember the past. But I do vividly remember the mortifying experience in 6th grade when my teacher embarrassed me in front of the class.
by Gina Frankel
For a little while, we forgot the straw, the supervisors and the prison.
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
What’s more important: longer days or more meaningful hours?
The struggle and freedom of asking and giving forgiveness.
by Rabbi Go’el Elkarif
The value of love. A touching story to share before Yom Kippur.
From a Soviet labor camp to an ISIS prison, inspiring stories of people who clung to observing Yom Kippur, despite the odds.
by Delia Fine
I slowly began to realize that Yom Kippur is a gift, not a burden.
by Charlie Harary
Try your best, and God takes you all the way.
by Eliana Cline
It made me feel like a fraud. But this year is different.
by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff
I cringe thinking how much aggravation I caused this woman.
Pulling our misdeeds out by their roots.
by Rabbi Ari Kahn
After taking another man's life, a petty criminal changes the direction of his life.
It's getting up afterwards that matters.
Breaking the empathy barrier this Yom Kippur.
by Rabbi Ephraim Nisenbaum
Lost? Relax. Here's the way to get back on route.
by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon
This Yom Kippur, leave the guilt at home.
by Ted Roberts
Those who believe in the power of good deeds love to tell his story.
Not all wins take place on the playing field.
Most interactions are with people whose private pain is hidden from us. How can we make sure that we do not add to their distress with a harsh word?
by Tzvi Gluckin
"My career was still stuck in neutral. I wasn't working. I wasn't doing anything to get things going either, except blaming my roomate for ruining my life with his success."
by Yael Mermelstein
Yom Kippur enables us to wipe out our soul spam.
by Rabbi Ron Yitchok Eisenman
Finding the courage to make the right decisions.
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