By Lorian Phillips Many of us grew up in an age where our parents emphasized being polite, putting others’ feelings first, and being...

The inmates were playing cards, an activity strictly forbidden in prison. Sooner or later the guards would see the forbidden game and the...

By Sara Esther Crispe So I finally gave in and saw a nutritionist. I had been doing everything right (or so I thought), and the scale...

By Etta Goldman Shalom Bayit occurs when a couple enjoys a relationship based on kindness, gentleness, mutual respect, compassion, and...

Excerpt from an article by Tzvi Freeman There is nothing more holy in this world, nothing more precious to its Creator, than the union of...

By Marian Shain When I got married going to the mikvah was not something that girls did. I never knew anything about the mikvah. Then, 30...

By Goldie Simpson Rivka was a young mother. Like you and me she cared for her young children. Like you and me she sought a productive and...

By Slovie Jungreis-Wolff ‘Ahava’, the Hebrew word for ‘love’, comes from the word ‘hav’ which means to give. Love grows when I invest in...

By Janet Goldblatt Time and again it has struck me: the importance of a good relationship with the self. Through my experience over the...

By Yael Geffen-Fine So there I was engaged and very excited to marry my fiancé when I began to hear about all the things I needed to do...