Both Hashem and the parent share the same goal — that the child return to a vibrant and close relationship with Hashem A few months ago Rabbi Shneur Aisenstark one of the most veteran and respected educators in North America(as well as someone from whom I have gained much) published a Guestlines piece entitled
I recently had the pleasure of spending a weekend in the Boca Raton Synagogue which advertises itself under the slogan “Valuing Diversity Celebrating Unity.” For once the slogan is accurate. The large shul complex has space for at least seven different types of Shabbos minyanim by my count. There is one chaburah in the shul
The summer issue of the online journal Klal Perspectives (on whose editorial board I sit) is now available, and the subject is not a happy one: the rising rate of early divorce in the Orthodox community. Each of our marriage-age children knows someone or has a friend who is already divorced. That would not have been the case a generation ago. Shaya Ostrov, a therapist in the Five Towns, reports being told by one young client, “So what if I get divorced? Most of my friends already are, and they’re waiting
