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November 2025

November 21, 2025

The Divine Calling: When Passion Meets Purpose

Discovering your God-Given Gifts When I was little, I always felt most at home with...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

Whispers of Winter and the Spirituality of Snow

Snow Through a Child's Eyes When I was a small child growing up in Southeast...

September 2025

September 25, 2025

The Sweet Journey From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur

Why does the celebration, Rosh Hashanah, come before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur? As...

May 2025

May 29, 2025

How Working With Your Hands Weaves Jewish Life Into Everyday

May the memories of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim forever be a blessing. Embracing the...

May 22, 2025

Embracing a Tradition: My Journey to Choosing a Hebrew Name

Once, when I was a little girl, I decided I wanted a different name. Kelley...

May 06, 2025

The Art of Listening: Hearing God’s Voice in Everyday Life

Learning to Listen to Hashem When I was a small child, I loved to jump...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

Ruth’s Radical Faith: Lessons in Loyalty, Courage, and Hope

The Transformative Power of Ruth’s Story Let’s face it, loyalty and true unconditional love can...

February 13, 2025

End the Winter Blues With the Warmth of Jewish Tradition

Do you get the Winter blues?  The lack of sunshine, vitamin D depletion, and a...

January 2025

January 19, 2025

Discovering Your Jewish Soul: A Guide to Conversion

At the age of 18, I became a seeker. I set out on a decades-long...

November 2024

November 21, 2024

The Beauty of Diversity: My Life in an Interfaith Family

If nothing else, religion is about love—love for God, love for each other, and love...

November 07, 2024

Finding Light in Tradition: My Story of Jewish Joy

   Since the topic recently began trending, I have been thinking about joy. What does...

October 2024

October 03, 2024

Judaism Through My Eyes: A Personal Testimony

  You know that feeling of accomplishment when you put your heart and soul into...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

3 Key Traits of Moses That Everyone Should Embrace

  As we near the end of Elul and head quickly toward Rosh Hashanah, I’ve...

September 08, 2024

The Jewish Month of Elul: A Time to Reflect and Renew

We are now in the month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar and for Jews...

August 2024

August 23, 2024

Shabbat: What I’ve Learned from the Jewish Day of Rest

  My Journey to Judaism has been filled with new and exciting discoveries. Every week,...

August 16, 2024

Life Lessons From One of The Torah’s Most Powerful Figures

Have you ever been rejected or betrayed? Your answer is likely yes. It’s tough to...

August 07, 2024

Navigating Life in an Interfaith Family

"It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures...

August 01, 2024

Finding my Jewish Soul: A Journey of Spiritual Rediscovery

    Have you ever felt misplaced in this world? I have and that feeling...

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