Communal Conflict and the Four Cs
by Rabbi Mordechai Finley
Tensions are necessary, in any community. By definition, community suggests some group of people committed to some task that each holds important.
How Green is My Anger?
by Gahl Sasson and Steve Weinstein
The following is excerpted from “A Wish Can Change Your Life” by Gahl Sasson and Steve Weinstein, recently published by Simon & Schuster.
Loving What I don’t Know
by Sam Glaser
It was perhaps the longest Friday night service in my life. On a long anticipated trip to Jerusalem, my neo-Chasidic brother dragged me to this venerable synagogue where I was forced to endure several hours of penitential cacophony.
My Name is David Sacks and I am a sitcom writer
by David Sacks
Shortly after I first started keeping Shabbos, I got my first job as a staff writer on a sit-com. It was the ninety-ninth rated show out of ninety-nine in prime time. Not that this has anything to do with the story, I’ve just always thought that was cool.
A Recipe for a better marriage
by Dennis Prager
Most resolutions deal with dieting, exercise and other forms of self-improvement. These are fine and important. But any married person will tell you that there is no surer way to misery than a troubled marriage, so it is strange and unfortunate that people rarely make New Year's resolutions to improve this part of their life.
Sorry, we are not all created equal
by Rabbi Manis Friedman
It is very disturbing to the Western mind, to the American mind in particular, to suggest that one group of people is superior to another.
MISSING
by Khalil Gibran (Poem)
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone
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Dirty Little Conflict
by Charley J. Levine
Who amongst us has not experienced the dirty little secret of conflict? By that I mean raging occasionally against G-d?
Q&A With Jim Sheridan
by Jim Sheridan
In films like “In the Name of the Father” , “The Boxer” and “In America”, Oscar nominated director Jim Sheridan introduced American audiences to the terrible conflicts of the Irish experience.
The Unbroken Heart of the City
by Leila Steinberg
How do we tear
The heart
From the soul
When tears are OK
by David Brandes
The death of Meier Landau changed everything. The tall, perfectly erect, soft-spoken, but remote chicken farmer from Galicia, who recited musaf faster than the speed of light, had been the stabilizing center of Kemptville’s tiny Jewish community, and now he was gone.
When Rabbis Attack
by Rabbi Simcha J. Cohen
Question: How should Rabbis relate to colleagues who disagree with their halachic decisions?
The Mother of All Battles – Redux
by Judy Gruen
I breezed through the kitchen as the kids were in their usual seated positions, wolfing down breakfast and snatching at the berries from other people’s bowls.
MISSING
by Bob Hertzberg
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It’s Not my Bread
by Rabbi Samuel Intrator
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach once explained the deeper meaning of the blessing we recite on bread. The blessing reads “Blessed are you, the Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who takes out bread from the earth.”
Strike a Pose
by Michele Bohbot
Every problem in life has a solution; it is just a matter of finding it. Once you find that solution the conflict no longer consumes you and you can clear the energy around you.
Want to make it Last?
by Rabbi Sherre Z. Hirsch
In an ancient midrash, Rabbi Simon said:
When God came to create the first human, the ministering angels gathered in small groups in "havrutot" (partners) to debate.
Some angels said, "Let him be created."
But others responded, "Let him not be created."
Chavruta Rocks!
by Daniel Landes
Conflict is not always a problem or tragedy – it can be a way of thinking, indeed a way of life and even fun. Welcome to Conflict – the Game.
Through My Daughters Eyes
by Rabbi Aryeh Markman
I have just emerged from spending 16 days in the hospital with my nine-year-old daughter. I learned a lot of lessons about life, medicine, giving and receiving. I would like to share these lessons because they are eternally valuable and were acquired at great expense.
The Mitzvah of Conflict Resolution
by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
The voice of Judaism nurtures the inclination to pursue peace and reconciliation. What follows is a discussion of a number of sources that instruct us in the mitzvah and the process of conflict resolution.
MISSING
by David Suissa
MISSING
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