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Obsessed with death, a child of a Holocaust survivor creates an app that enables you to leave meaningful messages to loved ones.

Dear Emuna

Should I Tell My Kids that I have Cancer?

Since my prognosis is good, I want to avoid telling my children and spare them from unnecessary anxiety.

Society

Proclaim Liberty: How the Hebrew Bible Molded America

by Jeff Jacoby

The Hebrew Bible indelibly molded the American founding, and its influence remains a part of its national story.

Baby India: There Are No Unwanted Babies

by Jeff Jacoby

Society

The Day Fox News was On in My Gym

by Jeff Jacoby

Harshness of our public dialogue is being driven by hardline ideologues who see the world through lenses so thick that they can’t understand each other's views.

Dear Emuna

With Strings Attached

My boyfriend’s family showers us with gifts and money and expect a say in the most important issues in our life.

Society

World War II Hero Speaks Out

Robert Hilliard wants us to follow his courageous example of standing up for what’s right.

Women

Mommy, You’re Fat!

by Eliana Cline

The cultural obsession with image and size is everywhere, and so are the destructive ramifications.

Society

5 Toxic Conversation Starters

How to bring back civility and respect in our conversation.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Harvard’s Mistake

Doesn’t Harvard believe in forgiveness and redemption?

Society

Kyle Kashuv and the Limits of Forgiveness

by Judy Gruen

Harvard rescinds the acceptance of young man who survived the Parkland shootings for racist statements he made as a teen and has since regretted.

Dear Emuna

Not Invited

I was taken aback by not being invited to a friend’s wedding.

Society

Keanu Reeves Doesn’t Touch Women

In photo after photo a viral post shows the actor not touching women.

Society

“The Emperor’s New Clothes” and the Imposter Syndrome

by Rabbi Jack Abramowitz

His clothing would be invisible to anyone who was unfit for his position.

Arts

Shmoozing with Sir Paul McCartney

by Rabbi Yitz Greenman

It was surreal. Here I was actually chatting with this living music legend, and he was listening!

Dear Emuna

Help! My Sister-in-Law Hates Me

My sister-in-law is rude and hostile and something has got to change.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Burnout, Shavuot and Living with Purpose

Pursue meaning, not happiness.

Society

The Teen Who Got Oregon to Mandate Teaching the Holocaust

Thanks to a 14 year old student and a Holocaust survivor who became her mentor, Oregon schools have a new mandate to teach the Holocaust.

Video – time2inspire

Just Breathe: Am I Worthy?

by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

If deep down you think you’re garbage, you’ll treat yourself like garbage.

What’s the Wealthiest Place in the World?

Society

What’s the Wealthiest Place in the World?

by Shmuel Reichman

It’s not the banks or the gold mines. It’s the graveyard.

Society

What to Say (and Not Say) When There are No Words

by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

How to best interact with someone going through a crisis.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Mount Everest and Mount Sinai

It is not the mountain that we conquer but it is ourselves.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Best and Worst Commencement Speech of 2019

Oprah’s wise words and hitting rock bottom at NYU.

Arts

Remembering Judith Kerr, Author of 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit'

by Adam Ross

The best-selling children’s book author about a Jewish girl fleeing Nazi Germany has died aged 95 in Britain.

Society

Burial, Cremation and Baseball

by Shlomo Horwitz

A rabbi’s unusual argument for convincing a mourner to give his mother a proper Jewish burial.

Society

Rashida Tlaib’s Four Lies about Palestinians and the Holocaust

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Palestinians are complicit in perpetrating Jewish suffering.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Kate Smith and the Game of Thrones' Latte

by Rabbi Jonathan Feldman, PhD

A Starbucks latte in medieval England is merely ludicrous. Destroying lives and legacies without taking into account historic context is a far more serious distortion.

Arts

Mel Gibson’s Chutzpah

It’s bad enough to make a film about a dysfunctional family that alludes to a wealthy Jewish family. But casting Mel Gibson as the sinister grandfather? Come on.

Dear Emuna

Should I Leave My So-So Marriage?

I was resigned to my mediocre marriage until I met a divorced man with whom I’m having so much fun.

Just Breathe: Why Celebrate Mother’s Day Even if You Don’t Really Love Your Mother

Video – time2inspire

Just Breathe: Why Celebrate Mother’s Day Even if You Don’t Really Love Your Mother

by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

So much of what we have comes from our mothers.

Dropping Out of Harvard Law School in 1947 to Help Jewish Refugees

Society

Dropping Out of Harvard Law School in 1947 to Help Jewish Refugees

by Toldot Yisrael

An article in Time Magazine convinced Harold Katz to volunteer to help Jews illegally immigrate to Israel.

Women

Rocking My Crown: Highs and Lows of Covering My Hair

by Eve Levy

I walk around in this world with a constant awareness of who I am as a married Jewish woman – off limits to other intimate relationships.

Society

Audrey Hepburn, Teenage Spy

A new book sheds light on the Hollywood star’s heroic wartime activities.

Society

Jewish Wishes for the Royal Baby

A Bishop welcomes the newest royal baby with a Jewish twist.

Society

Instagram and the Holocaust

An Instagram campaign is bringing home the death of one girl -- and six million other Jews - one compelling post at a time.

Society

Doing Jewish and Responding to Terror