Parenting

Starting College: Stress Less!

Rabbi Edythe Held Mencher, L.C.S.W.
Sending a child off to college can be a stressful experience for most parents. Here are some tips for making the experience easier for both of you.

Our Children Need God

Rabbi Edythe Held Mencher, L.C.S.W.
I met Shoshanna* in the hospital during the last days of her life. She told me she was terrified - of the finality of death, or, if God did exist, of God's punishment for her lack of faith.

Humility

Ellen Berk
Recently, my son's best friend, who is not of drinking age, decided to help himself to a bottle of vodka with another friend and my son while we were having dinner with his parents--a "thank you" dinner for taking the boy with us on a ski trip.

Compassion

Fran Zimmerman
When my children were born, all I knew is that I wanted to be a good mother to them- create a safe and loving home, expose them to their Jewish heritage, and help them to develop into human beings with a sense of purpose.

PJ Library & the Gift of Jewish Books

Ann Koffsky

I am an illustrator and/or author of books for children, many of them for URJ Books & Music. Because I am a storyteller, I thought I would – you guessed it – tell the story of how my book Noah’s Swim-A-Thon came to be. Once upon a time, I lived in the suburbs with three young children