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by Rabbi Danny Burkeman & Alison Weikel Originally posted on JewishBoston.com Recently we were both witness to a discussion on a Jewish Facebook page as a parent asked a question about looking into Hebrew school options for her first-grader. Forty-four comments (and counting) later it was clear there were a lot of people seeking to Continue Reading »
I have seen a sign. And I am sorry to tell you it wasn’t a good one. No, don’t worry it wasn’t that kind of sign, it was an actual physical sign, the type you put out on your front lawn. And in six simple words it symbolizes everything that is wrong with our society Continue Reading »
Thanks to two generous grants from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Commonwealth Nonprofit Security Grant Program, the Early Learning Center was able to make almost $20,000 worth of upgrades to the security and safety systems. Click here to read more.
Rabbi Danny is issuing a Fantasy Football League challenge. He might not have grown up with the oval shaped ball game, but he has embraced it since coming to the USA and he is welcoming you to try and beat him in the inaugural TST Family Fantasy Football Legaue. $18 Participation Fee All fees go Continue Reading »
A story is told of six blind men who were fascinated by elephants.[1] They had heard so many tales of these majestic creatures, but of course they had never seen one. One day word came to them that an elephant had arrived in town and so they all set out to meet the animal. The first Continue Reading »
It started in Israel as so many innovations and moments of progress often do. Once again, they were the leaders and the ones who were blazing a path for the rest of the world to follow. It began with a new type of photograph shared on social media. A picture of two masked people, one Continue Reading »
At 2:15 on Wednesday afternoon I got a text from my father: “What is happening in your country?” with 3 question marks for effect. At the time I assumed he was simply talking about objections to the democratic process and the fact that elected politicians were challenging the validity of the election that sent them Continue Reading »
One of my favorite psychological experiments is the so-called marshmallow test. It was pioneered at Stanford by a psychology professor named Walter Mischel in the 1960s.[1] To refresh your memory; a child aged 3-5 years old would be left alone in a room with two identical plates, with different quantities of marshmallows, pretzels, cookies or another Continue Reading »