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Letters – Winter 2019

Finding Fulfillment After Retirement I enjoyed your article entitled “After Retirement: A New Stage, A New Chapter, A New Life” (fall 2019). My soon to be ninety-six-year-old mom, Rita Lowi,…

After Retirement: A New Stage, A New Chapter, A New Life

Nowadays, retirement is not an end but a new beginning, an opportunity for seniors to reinvent themselves

Anti-Semitism on Campus

The campus is, in some ways, a microcosm of what’s going on in the larger society.

Can We Change?

If teshuvah is an act of self-creation, what makes it so hard and difficult to sustain? So much of life is out of our control; shouldn’t our sense of self be more…

Letters – Fall 2019

CHALLENGES TO EMUNAH I read your special section on belief (“The State of Orthodox Belief,” summer 2019) with great interest. May I suggest the following two aids for improving emunah:…

Jewish Action Wins Two Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism

At the American Jewish Press Association 2019 Conference, held this past June in St. Louis, Jewish Action, the magazine of the Orthodox Union, won two Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence…

What Does It Mean to Be Single and Orthodox in America Today?

Jewish Action's special section on Orthodox singles and dating

The State of Orthodox Belief

How can we bring G-d into the classroom, into our homes, and most importantly, into our children’s hearts and minds?