Jewish Living

JEWISH LIVING

How to Make a Kiddush Hashem at Work

Keep in mind that whatever circumstance you find yourself in, whatever activity you’re involved in, whatever words you use, reflect…

JEWISH LIVING

Experiencing the Power of Mitzvot

Although we abstain from work on Shabbat, we would be less than honest if we claimed to observe it to…

FAITH

Remembering the Spiritual Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto

How did Jews in the holocaust respond? And as religious Jews, what does it mean for us?

HISTORY

The Warsaw Ghetto: An Eyewitness Account

Excerpts from the journal of a Chassidic Jew's life in the Warsaw Ghetto

JEWISH LIVING

The Contemporary Rebbetzin: What’s It Like to Be a Rebbetzin in 2017?

Irrespective of their different life stories and circumstances—one truth emerges: rebbetzinhood entails a certain amount of mesirut nefesh, self-sacrifice. And…

HISTORY

Portraits of Rabbinic Women

Rebbetzin. A relatively modern word but a fairly ancient role.

FAMILY

Growing Up In the Public Eye: Children of Rabbis

In the Limelight by Bayla Sheva Brenner Rabbi’s Son Syndrome by Dovid Bashevkin

FAMILY

In The Limelight

Despite the expectations, visibility and sacrifice, these children of rabbis or high-profile rebbetzins saw close-up what it means to take…

FAMILY

Rabbi’s Son Syndrome: Religious Struggle in a World of Religious Ideals

A rabbinic home, one would assume, would be the best environment in which to be raised in order to ensure…

FAITH

From West Lafayette to Jerusalem: Revisiting Indiana’s Orthodox Simons

One day this winter Ronit Comrov will make dozens of latkes, and sufganiyot, “just raspberry,” for her friends in Milwaukee.…

JEWISH LIVING

Navigating Life Transitions

Walking through the unknown without a compass is bewildering, and at times, devastating. Yet there are those who have managed…

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