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The Trap of Wanting It All
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by Martin J. Gross
An open letter to the Brandeis faculty.
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Christians and Jews face a common enemy: radical Islam.
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
What do 276 girls kidnapped in Nigeria have to do with me?
Chief Editor's Blog
by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith
Readers want to know: Why did Aish.com post Tal Fortgang’s article, “Checking My Privilege”?
by Tal Fortgang
Why I don't apologize for white privilege.
by CBS
How an 8-year-old boy transformed $20 into a priceless gift.
by Jeff Jacoby
His words were vulgar and bigoted, but private.
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
A mother and daughter are giving a voice to 77 million Iranians being denied their freedom.
Five ways to use the momentum of Passover to break free from electronic slavery.
by Marshall David Jones
Is technology making us less human?
The agony of not knowing.
Children went from being our employees to our bosses, replacing responsibility with entitlement.
Where is our shame?
by Sara Debbie Gutfreund
From penniless immigrant to billionaire, Jan Koum’s fortune captures the joy of possibility.
by The New York Times
An inside look at a controversial rehabilitation center in China that is “deprogramming” teenagers who are addicted to the Internet.
No one falls out of love.
by Rea Bochner
Addiction is a dreadful disease. As an addict, I know.
by Rabbi Avi Shafran
When a $3.6 million bonus isn’t enough.
by David Suissa
Pollard should have been released years ago because discrimination and unfairness are anti-American ideas.
by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Martin Luther King had a dream. Did his wife and family support it?
by Rabbi Joel Padowitz
An Apple commercial equates recording life with actually living it.
The headline shows a frightening disregard for the value of human life.
A new custom for removing trash from your life echoes the burning of chametz before Passover. The similarity is no accident.
by aish.com
Revisiting the most popular articles and videos of the year.
5774 or 2014? The theological debate behind the artist’s masterpiece.
An apt description of our generation.
As Hanukkah fades, keep the light of miracles in your life.
by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein
Nelson Mandela is a celebrity hero of the spirit and moral conviction.
Hanukkah and celebrity worship.
by Judy Gruen
Working out in a gym that proudly displays organic soap – and plays misogynistic music.
A Kiddush Hashem in New Haven reveals the power of living Jewishly.
Why our family doesn’t watch television.
by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff
Shaking off our indifference to bullying.
The company inadvertently reminds us the meaning of the holiday.
by Eliana Cline
I thought the answer was obvious until I faced the test.
We can’t take life for granted.
Attaining at-onement this Yom Kippur.
Crossing the red lines of the heart.
by jgift.org
Charity is not only how much we give, but how we give.
A lesson in speaking from the heart.
What are couples who choose not to have children missing out on?
by Chaya Rivka Zwolinski
The Jewish month of Elul is the opportune time for change.
by Robin Greenman
What to do (and not to do) after a death.
Sometimes our reckless behavior causes life to go off the rails.
by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Elliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner and the absence of shame.
Books and pens are our most powerful weapons.
For American parents it’s very often no more than a fantasy, but it’s now the law in China.
Where is our human decency and compassion?
Dustin Hoffman would never have given Tootsie a second look.
It’s not easy to have the humility to say we don’t know.
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