Featured Article: How Iranic! by Rabbi Israel Rubin
Purim Holiday Guide The Megillah scroll describes the courage of Queen Esther and Mordechai, and the bravery and devotion of all the Jewish people. Delicious Memories by Judith Segal Looking around the world, there are variations on Cholent in unexpected corners of the globe. Fear and Love by Gila Manolson As the mother of an IDF soldier, I pride myself on being calm. Music Between the Notes by Sara Berman The pauses between the notes make the music far sweeter and richer than it would ever be if it carried on uninterrupted. The Spiritual Human by Rabbi Abraham Twersky, M.D. Man is the only living thing that can reflect on the purpose of life and contemplate an ultimate goal in life. Tree Packaging By Yanki Tauber Trees need to procreate; that’s why they grow seeds. Coming Home by Deena Yellin Miles away from my home, I actually did spend Shabbat with family. A Mother Observes By Davita Siegel My husband Mark and I had been promising Ethan that we would take him to purchase tefilin for his upcoming Bar Mitzva.							The Yidstock Generation by Yosef Y. Jacobson Purim is the designated one day of the year to leave the rational inhibitions to express the depth in their soul’s super-conscious chambers. Beauty Without & Within By Avraham Shmuel Lewin Ellen Nester Peters was chosen as Miss South Africa and crowned in 1973, later becoming Ilana Skolnik of Israel, fully dedicated to Jewish life. Ask the Rabbi by Rabbi Aaron Moss Bringing up children with religion - or without? Inreach By Tzvi Freeman Chabad is the idea that every person has to use his own mind to awaken his heart and connect with his G-dly soul. Little by Little I lit two candles on Friday night when I thought of it, which usually was as sunset approached. A Grand Mother by Miriam Karp “Bubby Maryasha” was a tiny sweet lady with sparkling eyes, and a warm smile that softly voiced a kind Yiddish greeting. The Mezuzah Story One day I arrived back to my dorm room in between classes at UCLA, to find that my mezuzah was missing from the doorframe. For the previous year's Purim articles, click here>>>