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Vintage Pesach Ads

Enjoy this collection of vintage Passover ads that originally appeared in Jewish Life, the predecessor publication of Jewish Action. You may recognize a few familiar names!   From January-February 1963:…

What Can Parents Do?

The experts weigh in with some suggestions for parents concerned about the impact of technology on their children’s social-emotional development

Habits of Emotionally Strong Families

Parents are constantly being told to do their best to raise children who have grit, the ability to cope with setbacks and a positive “I-can-do-it” attitude. The question is, how?

What You Can Do To Raise Resilient Children

More than anything else, the pandemic was a vivid reminder that parents are the key to ensuring their kids’ mental health.

Teaching Children Gratitude

Fostering gratitude in today’s children, who live in an era of great expectations, is admittedly challenging.

Rabbi Leib Kelemen on Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe: Advice from a Master Educator

When we are attentive to a child’s needs, we create security and confidence, and this provides the internal strength children need to handle stress later in life.

The View from Pew, Part II: How Can We Do Better?

Our passion for Yiddishkeit becomes contagious when it is sincere. Our students know when it is not.

Conversations on Inreach

What should we do to better inculcate a lifelong passion for Yiddishkeit in all of our children?