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EVERYDAY KINDNESS

Making Pesach for an Avel

Shira’s neighbors had heard about the funeral . . .

INSPIRATION

Everyday Kindness – February 2023

In this column, we highlight small and not-so-small acts of kindness that happen each and every single day.     A…

INSPIRATION

The Smells of Shabbat

I had forgotten that you only get out of Shabbat what you put into it.

INSPIRATION

Everyday Kindness – December 2022

His financial outlook was clouded; with no store, he would have no income. Then the local Jewish community stepped in.

INSPIRATION

My Siddur

I must confess that while I felt more and more familiar with the “new” nusach, I harbored a sense of…

EVERYDAY KINDNESS

The Sukkah Builder

The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle called him a “Doctor by day—sukkah savior by night.”

INSPIRATION

Everyday Kindness – Sept. 2022

Her parents didn’t have a wide circle of friends. Whom would they invite to the levayah?

INSPIRATION

Everyday Kindness – Summer 2022

Combatting sinat chinam by highlighting acts of kindness.

HEALTH

Time for a Rosh Hashanah Overhaul

True teshuvah is not just turning away from sin, but becoming the kind of person for whom that sin is…

EDUCATION

At the Forefront of the Baal Teshuvah Movement: The Beginnings of NCSY

Rabbi Pinchas Stopler recounts the beginnings of NCSY in the 1960's, a time when all the "experts" predicted the project…

INSPIRATION

Volunteering in Moldova

She had learned two expressions in Russian. “You are in a safe place.” And, “You are not alone.”

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