A final thought in the Look at the Holy Book Series With Candace R. Kwiatek, The Jewish Family Identity Forum, The Dayton Jewish Observer I went to serve coffee to guests recently and discovered that much to my chagrin, I had forgotten to put in the filter before brewing. You

A look at the Holy Book series The Jewish Family Identity Forum with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer  Preparing the kitchen for Passover is a grueling process. Packing away the chametz (leaven). Polishing the silver. Cleaning the oven. And the list goes on. Rescuing me from some of

A look at the Holy Book Series The Jewish Family Identity Forum with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer You probably think most people in Western society should be able to answer, “Who was Moses?” with at least a tale or two about this bigger-than-life biblical character. But, in

A look at the Holy Book series by Candace R. Kwiatek, The Jewish Family Identity Forum, The Dayton Jewish Observer My middle-school students recently expressed interest in learning Kabalah. A topic with the qualities of quicksand, Kabalah traditionally is not studied until the age of 40, and even then only

A look at the Holy Book Series The Jewish Family Identity Forum with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer In the calendar of the annual re-reading of the Torah, the focus is now on the Book of Exodus, recounting the tale of the Israelites as they left Egypt, set

A look at the Holy Book series By Candace R. Kwiatek, Jewish Family Identity Forum, The Dayton Jewish Observer Check out recent news reports and you’ll find that the Bible is a popular subject. North Korea publicly executes citizens for possessing a Bible. Ancient inscriptions suggest Hebrew was spoken 3,000

A look at the Holy Book series The Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer In a (N.J.) opinion piece, Revive the dying art of reading, Frank Breslin notes, “Few high-school students read anymore…It takes too long and is too much trouble…” His observation is

Jewish Family Identity Forum A look at the Holy Book series By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer One of the most basic skills of perception is the ability to differentiate an object or shape from its background, described as positive and negative space or figure-ground. You are likely

A look at the Holy Book: a new series The Jewish Family Identity Forum With Candace R. Kwiatek The Dayton Jewish Observer The recent hoopla over the new British heir highlighted the importance of symbols. Unlikely to hold any political power in his lifetime, His Royal Highness Prince George is

A look at the Holy Book: A new series The Jewish Family Identity Forum with Candace R. Kwiatek The Dayton Jewish Observer In May 2012, U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski proposed eliminating the first four of the Ten Commandments when displayed on government property in response to an ACLU lawsuit