Nagasaki and Holocaust Survivors: An Unlikely Love Story

by Elliott Smith

Spiritual Odysseys

Out of the Whirlwind

Spiritual Odysseys

Five Motivational Quotes

Personal Growth

Coming Full Circle: An Incredible True Story

Spiritual Odysseys

Shabbat Cures My Loneliness

Spiritual Odysseys

Philosophy

Do God and Science Conflict?

by Ollie Anisfeld and J-TV

Can you believe in God and science?

Spiritual Odysseys

Navigating the Stormy Seas of Faith

by Joseph Bornstein

The death of my beloved 3-year-old neighbor challenged my faith in God.

Spiritual Odysseys

A Life Full of Love: My Unexpected Miracle

by Nissan Yakubov

“I don’t want to sugar coat it. You have leukemia and it doesn’t look good.”

PODCAST: Low Self-Esteem, Relationships, and Healing

by Heather Dean

At Home in Jerusalem PODCAST

Personal Growth

Happiness and Adar

by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld

The greatest joy in life is knowing God is always there.

Spiritual Odysseys

Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

The Japanese cleaning whiz helped me stop feeling like a slave to my possessions.

Spiritual Odysseys

Retrieving Our Stolen Bike

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Sometimes the good guys win.

Personal Growth

Things Judaism has Taught Me about Life

by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Pearls of hard-earned wisdom.

Prayer

Tehinot: Forgotten History of Jewish Women's Prayers

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Personal and poetic, these Yiddish prayers, often written by Jewish women , are among the least-known but most beautiful of Jewish prayers.

Spiritual Odysseys

My Resilient Jewish Soul

by Rachel Krol

In a dysfunctional home in the Bible Belt, a young woman discovers she’s Jewish.

Personal Growth

Tension in the Doctor’s Office

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Connecting to the simple power of generosity.

Personal Growth

MAGA Teen & the Confrontation on the National Mall

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Let’s try and get past fear and hatred and foster empathy for one another instead.

Prayer

Mustering the Courage to Pray to God

by Devorah Gold

My relationship with God was on rocky ground when I heard about young mother who needed our prayers.

Personal Growth

10 Life Lessons from Trees

by Adam Ross

Wisdom for living, garnered from the trees and fruits of Israel.

Video – Just Breathe

Tu B'Shvat: Trees or Fruits?

by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.

Philosophy

The Giving Tree: A Tu B’Shvat Insight

by Rabbi Tzvi Nightingale

The holiday of trees celebrates the essence of life and Creation: giving.

The Miraculous Relationship Between the Jewish People & the Land of Israel

Philosophy

The Miraculous Relationship Between the Jewish People & the Land of Israel

by Ollie Anisfeld and J-TV

Can land really have some kind of direct relationship with the people living on it?

Personal Growth

Rabbi Noah Weinberg’s 7 Daily Questions

by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith

In honor of Rabbi Weinberg’s 10th yahrzeit, spend some time answering the following 7 questions.

Spiritual Odysseys

How Rabbi Noah Weinberg’s Warmth and Wisdom Reached This Confused Jew

by Francine Barish-Stern

I am one among so many who have benefitted from his wisdom, dedication and love for Judaism and his fellow man.

Spiritual Odysseys

The View from Heaven: An Interview with Rabbi Noah Weinberg, obm

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

A heavenly reporter’s discussion with Rabbi Weinberg about his unique perspective on the world, his legacy, and the Jewish People.

Personal Growth

Four Primary Excuses that Hold Us Back

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

You have more time and talent than you think!

How a Prayer Book Saved an Israeli Soldier’s Life

Spiritual Odysseys

How a Prayer Book Saved an Israeli Soldier’s Life

by Rabbi Yaakov Cohen

Moshe Kamara’s remarkable true story from the War of Independence.

Personal Growth

Preparing for Death

by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

8 things you can do now to avoid compounding your family’s pain later.

Personal Growth

8 Principles for Mastering Happiness

by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

How to increase your daily happiness.

Philosophy

The Miracle of Jewish History

by Rabbi Ken Spiro and J-TV

As David Ben-Gurion said, "For a Jew to be a realist, you have to believe in miracles."

Personal Growth

Treasuring the Details

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

Love means paying attention to the details.

Personal Growth

Four Vital Lessons from Tara Westover’s Educated

by Judy Gruen

Insights from the popular memoir on the challenges in discovering who we are meant to be.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Saying No to Cremation

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

We should not do to ourselves what our enemies have done to us – to burn the last remnant and reminder of people we loved.

Spiritual Odysseys

The Muslim Spy who Became a Jew

by Avraham Sinai

Avraham Sinai’s incredible true story.

Spiritual Odysseys

Letter to My Cremated Father

by Michael Chighel

I hope this open letter does you honor. Let no one imagine for a moment that you meant anything less to me than the earthly manifestation of divine love.

At Home in Jerusalem PODCAST

What is Faith in God?

by Heather Dean

Orit Esther Riter explains the Jewish concept of emuna and how it is the key to overcoming our challenges.

Positivity Gone Viral: Maybe Social Media Isn't All Bad

Personal Growth

Positivity Gone Viral: Maybe Social Media Isn't All Bad

by Moe Mernick

Two inspiring stories show us how to harness the power of social media.

Spiritual Odysseys

When James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke Saved a Life

by Ari Blau

How James and The Red Hot Chili Peppers came to the rescue. An insider’s story.

Personal Growth

5 Proven Ways to Increase Our Happiness

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

Based on science and Jewish wisdom.

Spiritual Odysseys

Eclipsed: Poland's Secret Jews

by Tusia Dabrowska

I was raised in Warsaw as a Catholic Pole. Today I have embraced my Jewish identity.

Video – time2inspire

The Shema: Why We Cover Our Eyes

by Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

I discovered the answer when our baby was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening emergency.

Personal Growth

Coping with Grief

by Miriam Adahan

Allowing yourself to feel and express the pain is essential to healing.

Personal Growth

Eight Habits of Emotionally Healthy People

by Rabbi Dov Heller, M.A.

They don’t beat themselves up after reading this article.

At Home in Jerusalem PODCAST

Podcast: Praying in My Own Words vs. the Prayer Book

by Heather Dean

Rabbi Menachem Nissel explains the benefits of informal and formal prayer

Philosophy

Hanukkah and the Soul

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Indispensable to the Jewish worldview is the idea that humans are unique, that we possess a spiritual component and that our actions are freely chosen.