Inspiration 1710 articles

Need a boost? You’ve come to the right place. Stories and essays that center around the depth and beauty of life.

My Rat’s Tale
My Rat’s Tale
Early one morning, I entered my kitchen and found a persimmon and an apple partly gnawed. Bits of persimmon skin were splattered on my kitchen counter. Horrified and disgusted, I shrieked...
Nov 9, 2005
By Sara Yoheved Rigler
Rabbi Scheinberg’s Laughter
Rabbi Scheinberg’s Laughter
If you ask me why he laughed, I’ll say: your guess is as good as mine. Who am I to understand a tzaddik? At the time, I thought I must be...
Oct 17, 2005
By By Sarah Shapiro
The Ancient Infant Within Us
The Ancient Infant Within Us
You and I know what it’s like, because we’re both human: the sense of innocence, and of having been wronged. The keen desire to craft some put-down that will diminish the...
Oct 11, 2005
By By Sarah Shapiro
Speak, Universe
Speak, Universe
We couldn’t have found a more fitting symbol for the twentieth century’s close than the failure, in 1999’s last days, of NASA’s mission to the Red Planet. “Mars Lander’s Apparent Loss...
Oct 6, 2005
By By Sarah Shapiro
What If?
What If?
What if the shofar sounded last week, last month, last year? And what if we slept right through it? We all have moments when we feel something deep within our hearts...
Sep 30, 2005
By By Shimon Apisdorf
The Perfect Anorexic: A Young Woman’s Story
The Perfect Anorexic: A Young Woman’s Story
From the pages of Jewish Action “Try my chocolate cake, it’s delicious!” These simple words once struck terror in my heart. As a young woman with an eating disorder, I was...
Sep 21, 2005
By By Rina Stein
Talk or No Talk?
Talk or No Talk?
From the pages of Jewish Action When my wife and I were first married, we traveled to England. Attending to mundane matters upon our arrival, I needed a haircut. I went...
Sep 15, 2005
By By Rabbi Edward Davis
Yachad: The Secret That Is Saving Our People
Yachad: The Secret That Is Saving Our People
Allow me to tell you about a very special young lady named Navi. Navi is 23 years old. She is absolutely gorgeous. She is smart. She is funny. She has more...
Sep 9, 2005
By By Normy Gold
Connecting Heaven and Earth with Acrylic and Oil
Connecting Heaven and Earth with Acrylic and Oil
Atara London Grenadir – Painting from the Inside Out  By Bayla Sheva Brenner “My works are ‘soul works’, not just a representation of a Jewish theme,” says Atara London Grenadir, popular...
Sep 2, 2005
By Bayla Sheva Brenner
An Addict in Our Home
An Addict in Our Home
From the pages of Jewish Action My 22-year-old son David is tall, handsome, bright and charming. He is also an alcoholic and a drug addict. David was brought up in our...
Aug 18, 2005
By Anonymous

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