Why Do We Say This Special Psalm In Elul?
When we returned to my mother’s flat after she died, her siddur was lying on the table where she always sat when she davened in the morning. The bookmark was […]
September 4, 2024
August 16, 2024
Life is for the Living
One afternoon when I was in my early twenties, I was sitting with my dad by his and my mom’s townhome pool in Scottsdale, Arizona, lamenting over the fact that […]
July 17, 2024
Hosting An IDF Major Injured on Oct. 7 In Our Krav Maga Community
Nine months after over 2,900 militants entered Israel, Israelis continue to live with the scars of October 7th. IDF Major Doron Balahcan shared with a group gathered in Edina how this day […]
June 14, 2024
An Unwanted First On Father’s Day
My dad was a notorious early riser and even after I had been living in the Midwest for 15 years, he never figured out the difference in time zones. In […]
June 7, 2024
Marking The End Of An Era
I remember like it was yesterday, how our now 18-year-old came into the world, mostly quietly, so tiny, but with a seemingly natural curiosity about the new realm she had […]
June 4, 2024
A Memorial To Jerusalem’s Pioneers
I remember my first trip ever to Jerusalem when I was a young teenager. I had the idea that I was bound to feel something stir within me just knowing […]
May 15, 2024
The Importance of Jewish Student Organizations on College Campuses
If the value in having Jewish student organizations on college and university campuses wasn’t clear before October 7, the past seven months have certainly made it clear. While it is […]
May 1, 2024
The Presence Of Lost Relatives at My Daughter’s Bat Mitzvah
When you have a daughter, there are a lot of things “they” don’t tell you. I mean – I’ve been warned about the teenage years, puberty, emotional rollercoasters, and boys […]
March 1, 2024
‘People Is All That We Have’; Wrapping Up An Emotional Week In Israel
Note: This is the sixth article of TC Jewfolk Editor Lonny Goldsmith’s trip to Israel with UpStart and iCenter’s “A Mifgash that Matters,” which is being put on in partnership […]
February 19, 2024
Becoming Witnesses
Note: This is the second article of TC Jewfolk Editor Lonny Goldsmith’s trip to Israel with UpStart and iCenter’s “A Mifgash that Matters,” which is being put on in partnership […]