Author: Natanya Herzstein

Tonight, we usher in the New Year on Shabbat, which means that my ritual countdown in front of the tv will be replaced by another ...

We human beings can feel profoundly vulnerable at times, wounded by what life foists upon us and what we inflict on ourselves. Sometimes, we feel ...

There were a few minutes within one of the concerts—a strange work based on mystical texts set to a combination of Persian music with rock, ...

This week, we entered into the month of Tevet. This is a time of year when many people struggle with feeling down, perhaps more so ...

Getting to Yes, the “bible” of negotiation by Roger Fischer and William Ury, has sold over 2 million copies since its publication in 1981. It’s ...

Pirkei Avot teaches us: "Who is wealthy? Those who are happy with their portion." We live in a consumerist society that constantly reminds us that we ...

We have labored each in our own way to find a way through this pandemic. We’ve learned. We’ve mourned. We’ve been afraid. We’ve been humbled. ...

It has been a darker week since daylight saving time ended last Sunday. Night now comes so early, and it lasts longer than day. And ...

Three shots were fired at Yitzhak Rabin’s back on the Saturday night of November 4, 1995, ending the Israeli prime minister’s life. Rabin was assassinated ...

When my grandfather died in the spring of 2003, I was nearly 10,000 miles away. Privileged with an opportunity to travel in Southeast Asia, I ...

The midrash teaches that in her laughter after the birth of Yitzhak, Sarah “increased the light of the luminaries.” Rashi explains that she laughed on ...

As the children pray, they look intently at us as they try to follow the motions while they sing. “Shema”—we place our hands next to ...