Weekly Op-Ed
The Anatomy of Fear
The only answer to the invisible power of fear – the fear of being alone – is to recognize that you are not alone.
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Forgiveness Starts With Yourself
As long as you see it as someone else’s problem, you remain a victim. YOU need to take control of your life. It often requires much work, and it always requires a connection to G-d.
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The Stutterer
In Parshat Shmot, Moses is revealed to be the first stutterer. Yet, he overcomes this challenge to become G/d’s communication channel to the world.
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Think Different
We must see current events as a unique opportunity to wake up: This is our time to affect real change, it is time to start thinking and acting differently.
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It’s the Tzimtzum, Stupid
The reality that we live with seems harsh because the world was created dark, but everything in this world has a higher purpose that we can’t see.
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Listen To The Flames
Listen to the flames. Listen to your soul. Listen to your children. Listen to others.
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Letter to Poway
From Rabbi Simon Jacobson: “From within the dark belly of the abyss, we found strength more powerful than any black forces; love and unity mightier than any hate and war.”
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Think Different Part II: On the Nature of Intelligence
Part two of a discussion about cognitive processes, particularly the twofold approach for expanding one’s mind and tuning into the collective unconscious.
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The Ninth Flame
In pits of of Auschwitz a young boy and a gentleman light a ninth Chanukah candle, one so bright that it cannot be seen.
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-Stephanie Ewald