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The Soul of Parenting: When Our Children Dread Yom Kippur
The Soul of Parenting: When Our Children Dread Yom...
I vividly recall sitting in Rav Soloveitchik’s class one day near the beginning of the year when, rather than starting to teach the gemara, he began to speak about his inability...
Sep 12, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
The Alef in Honey in our Homes
The Alef in Honey in our Homes
There is a very old ritual, reported more than 700 years ago, of children learning the alef bet for the very first time. The child would be brought to the synagogue...
Sep 5, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Parenthood, the Holidays and Community
Parenthood, the Holidays and Community
It all started on Rosh Hashana 13 years ago. It had previously been my practice to stand for chazaras hashatz and Torah reading, but that year I was three months pregnant...
Sep 3, 2018
By Sarah Rudolph
The Soul of Parenting: Battle Over Short Skirts
The Soul of Parenting: Battle Over Short Skirts
I received the following email in response to a previous column on doing battle with your child over observance: “I found your article very interesting. If your child is surrounded by...
Aug 29, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Hugging Your Teenager
Hugging Your Teenager
Here’s a loaded question – When’s the last time you hugged your tween or teenager? It’s easy to hug babies. To a newborn, a parent’s love may be as important as...
Aug 28, 2018
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
Kids Corner: Holiday Games
Kids Corner: Holiday Games
Aug 23, 2018
By OU Staff
The Soul of Parenting: Tzitzit Tug of War
The Soul of Parenting: Tzitzit Tug of War
There is a famous dispute in the first Mishnah of Bava Metzia about two people who find a garment and each one claims that it belongs to him. “If two people came to...
Aug 23, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Back to School – The 2018 Primer
Back to School – The 2018 Primer
I love this time of the year. Back-to-School. It engenders warm, fuzzy feelings of optimism and hope as we embark on a new school year with the Jewish New Year not...
Aug 21, 2018
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
The Soul of Parenting: Before It’s Too Late
The Soul of Parenting: Before It’s Too Late
We’ve spent the last few weeks considering the impact of genes on one’s religious nature. The claim is that we are a combination of both nature and nurture, and the way...
Aug 16, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Soul of Parenting: Will Your Child be a Plant or a Robot?
Soul of Parenting: Will Your Child be a Plant...
While it’s wonderful to say that we should be recognizing individual differences in children and adolescents’ religious character and genetic sensitivities and predispositions, the truth of the matter is that this...
Aug 7, 2018
By Dr. Jay Goldmintz

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