Parenting
Parenting on a Prayer: Ancient Jewish Secrets for Raising Modern Children
There are two groups that I think will benefit from Parenting on a Prayer (Ben Yehuda Press, 2020): those of us who are worried that we may not be raising children in the way that we should and those of us who have no idea how the Jewish prayer book
6 Videos to Teach Jewish Values to Kids During the Pandemic
Even under the best of circumstances, the most tight-knit of families can feel stress being together 24/7 – and these are anything but the best of circumstances.
Here's What It Was Like to Grow Up on a Kibbutz
What was it like to grow up in a communal children’s house on an Israeli kibbutz? Rachel Biale was born in 1952 and raised on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin, overlooking the Jordan River. She is the author of the new memoir Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood.
On Fathers, Father Figures, and the Jewish Concept of "L'dor Vador"
Each Father's Day, I reflect on my father, now deceased, and my relationship with him, and his relationship with me. I also reflect on the men who have become father figures to me, not so much in place of my father, but as wonderful supplements who continue to
