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Yo siempre estaba tan orgullosa de mí misma. Intentaba no cambiarme a algo más cómodo apenas entraba a la casa. Siempre creí que mi esposo debería ver la mejor versión de mí misma, no mis vecinos, amigas o alumnas, y ciertamente no la cajera en el supermercado. Incluso en aquellas ocasiones en las que sí… Continue reading Mi atuendo en casa durante el corona

I was reading an article the other day and I couldn’t stop crying. It was so moving. You’re probably imagining what it was about – children in trouble or battling a potentially fatal disease or addiction or abuse or all of the above, a Holocaust survivor’s tale or a similar tale of tragedy. But I… Continue reading In Jersey City, A Remarkable Kindness

Parenting is not about negotiation. Parents are in charge and children have to learn how to listen and obey. Parents don’t have to compromise or offer concessions – but yet smart parents don’t rule their home highhandedly. They try not to be overbearing and – if they’re really wise – they do everything they can… Continue reading How to Defuse a Power Struggle with Finesse

Por generaciones, millones de personas en todo el mundo aprendieron sobre el Holocausto a través de las icónicas palabras que Ana Frank, una adolescente judía, escribió en su diario mientras estaba escondida de los nazis. Hace un año se publicó otro diario que ofrece a los lectores la brillante prosa y las tiernas emociones de… Continue reading Después de 77 años se publicó un nuevo diario del Holocausto

On December 20, Britain announced it was placing much of the country into a new Tier 4 lockdown, aimed at preventing the spread of a new, potentially more contagious variant of Covid-19. The severe new restrictions were due to come into effect later that night. Rabbi Alex Chapper of Borehamwood & Elstree Synagogue in suburban… Continue reading Planning a Wedding with 2-Hours’ Notice

כולנו חווים כישלונות, אכזבות, חוסר מוטיבציה, עצבות, כעס ועוד רגשות שליליים כאלה מידי פעם. עם השנים זה מצטבר ומקשה עלינו לשמור את אותה שמחת ילדות שהייתה לנו פעם. פרשת השבוע (ויגש) מרתקת במיוחד ומלאה בתובנות לגבי התמודדות עם קשיים. ניגע באחד מהם. על פרשיית יוסף הנמכר לעבד ועולה לגדולה במצרים, נכתב בספר הזוהר: "ניתן הכל… Continue reading על חשיבותה של השמחה.

My grandmother, Zelda, was born in July, 1924 in a city called Samara on the Volga River in the former Soviet Union. There was so much despair, hunger and poverty after the World War I and the Communist Revolution of 1917. Her mother died when she was just three, during the birth of her younger… Continue reading A Russian Doll and an Unlikely Legacy of Kindness

Four blind men were standing in front of an elephant and trying to figure out what was in front of them. The first man touched the trunk and said: “This is a thick snake.” The second man who was touching the elephant’s leg, remarked, “This is a tree trunk.” The third man placed his hands… Continue reading 4 Ways to See Things from a New Perspective