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Raised with rabbis: One family's journey to share their faith

At Modern Parenthood we've been interested in how parents share their faith, or lack thereof, with their children. Our guest blogger shares how her family's relationship with religion has evolved.

Mom kissed sole surviving child as family minivan hurtled out of control

Brake failure kills parents and six kids outside Tiberias.

Temple B'nai Or honors mothers, fathers

On the Shabbat preceding Mother’s Day, Temple B’nai Or honored mothers and grandmothers with a flower, an aliyah to the Torah, a blessing and the gift of an individual or family photo.

Southold man’s ‘second lifetime,’ second bar mitzvah

Howard Eilenberg of Southold spent his 83rd birthday in style on Saturday, May 5, by celebrating his second bar mitzvah at North Fork Reform Synagogue in Cutchogue. “Howard is 83 going on 13,” said the congregation’s student Rabbi Bethie Miller. Because the Torah describes the normal human lifespan as 70 years, 83-year-olds are sometimes considered [...]

Torah Portion: Behar-Bechukotai

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb ~ It is an old word, and it describes a behavior that has been around since the very beginning of history. Yet the word seems... Read more »

Local women’s Torah institute celebrates fourth year

Students, family and friends gathered at the Merkavah Torah Institute in Berkeley this week to celebrate the pluralistic learning center’s four-year anniversary.