3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (833+ words) Alfred Nakache won 13 national titles and swam for France in two Olympics. His reward: deportation to Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were murdered. As Academy Awards judges evaluate this year's contenders, the short film Papillon (Butterfly), that tells the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (657+ words) Six-time Israeli marathon champion Beatie Deutsch talks Olympic dreams, disordered eating, and why motivation has nothing to do with how you feel. Six-time Israeli marathon champion Beatie Deutsch has scars on her legs from Friday's rainy run. She's not bothered....

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (714+ words) Seven steps to stop dreaming and start making it real, grounded in ancient wisdom. "Is there something you really want or wish would happen?" More than 200 years ago, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, an influential 18th-century Hasidic master, taught that when…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (897+ words) Iranian by blood, Israeli by birth, Yasmin Sayeh says the Iranian regime is the enemy of both peoples. Weeks ago on a bright afternoon along the Tel Aviv boardwalk, a group of Iranian-Israelis gathered beneath blue-and-white flags and the pre-revolutionary…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (950+ words) GOOD MORNING! This past week, as I watched part of the president's State of the Union address, it was hard to ignore the conspicuous divisions within our political parties. I again considered how important it is to maintain an objective…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (558+ words) Every year, a few "unruly" students would be assigned to my classroom. Rather than viewing these children as a hindrance, I'd give them increased attention. I prepared individualized learning packets and interactive experiences to help them stay on track. One…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (498+ words) After the sin of the golden calf, Moses descended Mount Sinai and was confronted with the scene of the Jews reveling with their newly formed deity. Moshe's reaction was swift and furious: Standing at the edge of the camp, Moses…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (746+ words) Esther didn't feel ready. She wasn't especially brave. She took responsibility anyway " and changed history. In the approximate year 483 BC, the king of Persia issues a decree sealed with his signet ring, with the order: "to destroy, kill, and annihilate…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (686+ words) As Jews prepare to celebrate Purim this year, the ancient story of the defeat of Haman who ordered a decree to annihilate the Jewish people feels less like history and more like a headline. The Book of Esther tells the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (325+ words) Ask the Rabbi > Mitzvot > Prayer & Blessings > Prayer - General If everything God does is for the best, why do we pray to God " asking Him to change our fate? Shouldn't we accept that whatever God grants us is right for us…...