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C&C Family Edition: A Portable Home
C&C Family Edition: A Portable Home
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Feb 6, 2019
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Friendships and the Early Years of Life
Friendships and the Early Years of Life
On the cuteness scale of 1-10, it’s a 12. I’m talking about watching toddlers and small children play together. Or two children are on the same mat, each doing his own...
Feb 5, 2019
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
C&C Family Edition: Loving the Stranger
C&C Family Edition: Loving the Stranger
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Jan 31, 2019
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
C&C Family Edition: Mount Sinai and the Birth of Freedom
C&C Family Edition: Mount Sinai and the Birth of...
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Jan 23, 2019
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
C&C Family Edition: The Divided Sea: Natural or Supernatural?
C&C Family Edition: The Divided Sea: Natural or Supernatural?
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Jan 16, 2019
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Winter Break is Almost Here – Are You Ready?
Winter Break is Almost Here – Are You Ready?
As I write, our teenagers are engaged in midterms, hanging onto to the sliver of the proverbial sunrise on the horizon called winter break or Yeshiva Vacation Week. Jerusalem. Miami. Vail....
Jan 14, 2019
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
C&C Family Edition: Against Their Gods
C&C Family Edition: Against Their Gods
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Jan 9, 2019
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
The Nearly Forgotten: Children of Divorce
The Nearly Forgotten: Children of Divorce
Recently, a mother said to me, “I made two smart decisions in my life, Dr. Lightman. The first was to get married and the second was to divorce. At least I...
Jan 7, 2019
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
Yelling: Six Simple Ways To Make You Yell Less
Yelling: Six Simple Ways To Make You Yell Less
I always say that I am a “recovered yeller.” I used to yell a lot at my kids. I knew that I had to stop, but I wasn’t sure how to...
Jan 3, 2019
By Adina Soclof
C&C Family Edition: The God Who Acts in History
C&C Family Edition: The God Who Acts in History
Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Sacks for 5779.  Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks’ weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Editionis aimed...
Jan 2, 2019
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

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