Bar Mitzvah Lessons in Cyberspace
Why shlepp your kid to the synagogue for her bat mitzvah lessons when she can dial in virtually?A recent article in the New York Times shows how the tech savvy bar mitzvah tutors have taken to the Web...
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Daniel Schifrin Special To The Jewish Week At a recent program at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center on the new digital landscape, a rabbi and three prominent writers debated whether our...
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Shlomo Riskin Special To The Jewish Week Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8:04 p.m. Torah: Numbers 30:2 - 36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2 Havdalah: 9:09 p.m. read more
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David Wolpe Special To The Jewish Week The new book “Jews and Words,” co-authored by Amos Oz and his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger, quotes Jesus’ saying: “Suffer the little children to come unto me,...
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Yes, I am the world's worst blogger. Or, at least, the world’s least attentive blogger.read more
View ArticleJudaism Honors Our Children's Questions
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld Judaism offers much wisdom to help people in our communities cultivate the resilience to recover from the aftereffects of Sandy, a storm that created a unique situation affecting...
View ArticleTeach Your Children
David Wolpe Upon learning he is to have a child, Manoah father of Samson, speaks for all parents when he cries out to God, “What shall we do with the child who will be born to us?” (Judges 13:8). Each...
View ArticleHow Children View Disability: A Refreshing Perspective
While I waited to donate blood at my local firehouse, I was introduced to a friend’s five-year-old daughter. I covered my face and said “I’m shy.”read more
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View ArticleAutism And Dentistry: A Guide To Making Appointments Easier
Now that the summer has come to an end, it is time for parents to think about the fall season, back to school, and catching up on doctors and dentist check-up appointments. Visiting the dentist can be...
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