Thanksgiving has so much potential to be a wonderful, inspirational holiday but it has become practically an American minhag (ritual custom) to express gratitude by gorging ourselves and spending tons ...

Artist Rosana Azar, right, helped Lander Grinspoon students paint in warm and cool colors. “It was a wonderful collaboration,” Azar said. “Everybody was very helpful and excited about this, and it was ...

Last year at this time, we shared a roundup of Jewish designers and Israeli-owned businesses to show our support and give back to the Jewish community — and to stand in solidarity with our brothers ...

To live with gratitude is to live with faith - faith that every breath is purposeful, every challenge contains potential, and ...

There’s a saying in the Jewish community: “Two Jews, three opinions.” It often elicits a chuckle, but the truth embedded in the phrase is undeniable. For thousands of years, our tradition has ...

Gratitude is the fertile soil from which human nobility takes root. The 11th-century Spanish philosopher Rabbi Bachya ibn Pakuda identified gratitude not merely as an admirable trait but the gateway ...

One of the kinnos that we say on Tisha B’Av, Kinnah #19, discusses how we failed to appreciate the many ways that Hashem helped us. Every verse lists an instance where Hashem provided for us or ...

In Taylor Jenkins Reid’s excellent novel, "Atmosphere," astronaut Joan Goodwin looks back at Earth from a shuttle window and thinks: What an incredible accomplishment by humanity! “Look what we humans ...