Jewish Living

FAITH

Faith in Suffering

Often misery strikes for no apparent reason, and the victim’s suffering is intensified because it appears to be unjust. Why…

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Why Is It So Hard to Change? The Six Obstacles to Teshuvah

“Of course a person should do teshuvah, but I am a bit puzzled. I observe Shabbos, I keep kosher and…

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Vacationing for the Frugal: Tips for the Cost-Conscious Traveler

It’s vacation time and you want to get away. But with money being tight, you don’t want to overspend on…

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Out of a Job? Don’t Give Up! The Power of Positive Thinking

It is certainly awful to lose one’s job, but it is worse to lose one’s self.

FAMILY

Securing Your Home in an Insecure World

When I was growing up, I don’t recall hearing anything about drugs or adolescent suicide, which is now the third-leading…

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Are You an Internet Addict?

While technology has given us many near-miraculous inventions that have certainly improved our lives, it has ushered in a number…

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Putting the “Unity” Back Into “Community”

Mention Edmonton, Alberta, and what comes to mind? The very name evokes a shiver, conjuring images of blizzards and bitter…

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Minyan on the Mississippi

On a recent Friday afternoon, Rabbi Uri Topolosky, the thirty-something-year-old spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel in Metairie, a suburb…

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A Shul for All Ages

Many divisions plague the Orthodox Jewish community, and many efforts at solidarity work to unite us. We need one more…

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Appreciating the Golden Years

It is an unavoidable fact of life that from the moment we are born, we begin to get older. In…

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Religious Life at Maryland

“One of the prevalent myths about dorm life is that it is hard to be shomer mitzvot. “Why on earth…

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