Spirituality
Sinking, spooky feeling? A subsonic sound may be at fault
Researchers say low-frequency sound from wind, ventilation, and creaking beams can trigger fear, dizziness, and a sensed presence.
David Kosak on cultivating hope as a discipline in a digitally saturated, emotionally complex world
Female rabbi on healing Israel: Authority means service, not power - opinion
Terror down under: Why terrorists pick Jewish holidays for antisemitic attacks - opinion
Ex-judge slammed for mocking former model's religious head covering
The former model, now keeping an observant Jewish lifestyle, hosted the Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony.
Not just for rabbis: Spiritual caregiving in Israel
"People’s sense of loneliness comes from lack of community, lack of meaning in life... When we come to the person, we do a spiritual assessment... What gives that person meaning in life?"
American Jews suspected of vandalizing crucifix near hasidic rabbi's grave
The crucifix was placed by Ukranian locals near the grave of the 18th-century founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement.
For my son on his bar mitzvah
“Ironically, because you have been blessed with such good fortune, your struggle in life becomes even harder. Your struggle is not to get but to be. To be is harder.”
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A Tower of Light: Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman
I asked people where to find the yeshiva? The talmud torah? Where can I find the kids? They told me I would find them in the disco.”
PARASHAT VAYISHLAH: Timna – The price of rejection
Why should the chronicles of Esau interest someone learning the Bible?
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE: Crying for Judaism
When is the last time you cried for something Jewish?
Following King David's lead: The artist Baruch Nachshon
Reciting King David’s Psalms, Nachshon got more than he asked for. The painter experienced an ecstatic state, a glimpse of what he describes as the perfection of the universe.
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