values

December 31, 2020 0

D’var Torah: Vayechi

In this d'var Torah, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff urges readers to teach the lessons of their values and beliefs to their families. [Read more...]

June, 2019, with my grandkids in NYC. “I felt tears run down my face as I saw the Statue of Liberty. I didn’t know I’d get so emotional.”

February 25, 2020 0

Taking America for Granted…

JSA conributor Sandy Taradash worries poetically if we are taking the core values of America too much for granted. [Read more...]

Pontormo, Joseph with Jacob in Egypt, probably 1518. National Gallery of Art, London

January 9, 2020 0

Rabbi Susan Elkodsi notices that while the Torah loves genealogies, up until this week’s parashah, Vayechi, the Torah is silent about any actual relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. [Read more...]

Carole Leskin Photo/Used by permission.Carole Leskin Photo/Used by permission.

February 18, 2018 8

I Want to Live Until I Die

In my early 60s, I found myself singing two songs from time to time – “I Want To Live Till I Die” and “Life Is A Cabaret.” I didn’t think about it. It [Read more...]