by Daniel Pollack and David J. Schnall | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
If our schools are going to improve, we must move past our reflexive obsession with an outmoded “wall of separation” between church and state, especially when it blocks freedom of choice for parents. The U.S. Supreme Court is now dealing with a case where...
by Brian Blum | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
My wife Jody and I had been out for the evening. Our usual babysitter couldn’t make it, so we hired someone who we didn’t know all that well. What exactly transpired while we were away we may never know. But when we got home, the babysitter was upset....
by Rabbi Avi Shafran | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
A number of well-known international groups are very unhappy with my wife and me. We are, you see, “multi-children” parents, violators of both the law of averages and the sensibilities of folks like those at Zero Population Growth and other such...
by Paysach J. Krohn | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
I had already performed the bris on the eight-day-old infant; the prayers entering the child into the Covenant of Abraham had been recited and now the long-anticipated moment had arrived — the name of the new infant was about to be announced. The assembled...
by Nureet Poor | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
As the High Holy Days draw near, I prepare to begin the Friendship unit with my kindergartners. Concepts I will stress in these next few weeks are forgiveness, generosity of spirit, and above all exemplifying in our own doings the mercy and compassion we ask of...
