Penny Nance and Yael Eckstein

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  • Don’t skip this important part of our holiday traditions

    Don’t skip this important part of our holiday traditions

    This is a season when a spirit of generosity ignites us and highlights the best of humanity. For those of us in the Jewish community, we have celebrated Hanukkah, lighting the Menorah and giving gifts. Now, my Christian friends are celebrating Christmas by lighting trees and giving gifts of their own.

  • What we can learn from life’s tests

    What we can learn from life’s tests

    We discover strengths that had been obscured by impurities. We discover the gold and silver that we didn’t know was there. God always saw it. But through the tests that He gives us, we see it, too.

  • How to find the goodness in every situation

    How to find the goodness in every situation

    What are the rocks in your life right now? What is holding you back from your best life? Call on God to help you draw honey from that rock. Find the light in the darkness, and God will satisfy you with sweetness even under the hardest circumstances.

  • Yom Kippur: How physical denial leads to spiritual revival

    Yom Kippur: How physical denial leads to spiritual revival

    Today, let’s think about what we have and what we need to fulfill our personal purpose in life. Let’s resolve to stay focused on our own life and stop looking at what other people have. Let’s remember that true joy is to be found in God, so let’s recommit to making Him the focus of our lives.

  • We need a personal trainer for our souls

    We need a personal trainer for our souls

    People these days spend a lot of money to get in shape. We pay for gyms and nutritionists, and some people will spend hundreds of dollars on personal trainers. We spend the money because we know that no matter how uncomfortable it is to work hard, our fitness will improve and we will become stronger. Well, today I’m here to tell you that we all have a personal soul trainer — and He’s absolutely free.

  • We still mourn the loss of the temple, yet we have reason to hope

    We still mourn the loss of the temple, yet we have reason to hope

    As people of faith, we can never give up hope—and when we hold on to this hope despite everything, hope will hold us and carry us through anything. If we hope for it, pray for it, and work for it, and trust in God’s promises, this will inspire others to do so as well.

  • A mother and humanitarian leader reflects on the situation in Israel today

    A mother and humanitarian leader reflects on the situation in Israel today

    Do you know what it is like to be scared to take a shower because a “code red” siren might go off, leaving you with 30 seconds to seek shelter? Have you ever been scared to drive to work for fear of a rocket siren going off when you are driving? Can you imagine staying home from a much-needed trip to the grocery store because there might not be a shelter at the store, and the risk is just too high?

  • This is what helps me juggle my career and motherhood

    This is what helps me juggle my career and motherhood

    Every working mother knows that having a job outside the home (and sometimes more than one) can tip the delicate balance between work and family in the wrong direction.

  • Holocaust Remembrance Day: Time for silence and for speaking up

    Holocaust Remembrance Day: Time for silence and for speaking up

    At 10:00 a.m. on Yom HaShoah – Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day – sirens sounded across the country, signaling that it was time to observe a minute of silence for our 6 million brothers and sisters, the victims of the Holocaust.

  • The Jewish holiday Purim: A lesson for such a time as this

    The Jewish holiday Purim: A lesson for such a time as this

    This week on February 25, Jews around the world will celebrate the Holiday of Purim, which commemorates events chronicled in the biblical book of Esther.

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