Judaism’s Worldview Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer “They roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws,” goes the fearsome chant-like refrain in the picture book classic Where the Wild Things Are by

Judaism’s Worldview Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer In Lionel Shriver’s fascinating novel Should We Stay or Should We Go, Kay and Cyril relive the last decades of their lives together in a dozen distinct but parallel universes, each based on varying life circumstances

Judaism’s Worldview Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwaiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Just a few weeks ago, two teenagers were arrested for the fatal hit-and-run of a cyclist. The car’s passenger recorded the teens laughing and chanting “Bump him!” as the driver deliberately entered the bike lane and

Judaism’s Worldview: A New Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer While attending a conference in New York, Panamanian Rabbi Gabriel Benayon took time to shop in Manhattan where he purchased a new pair of sneakers. Returning to the conference, the rabbi noticed an ill-clad

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Although he lived alone in a New York City apartment, Jacob Leibman was much beloved by his neighbors as a welcoming host for Jewish holidays. The only person who didn’t get along with Jacob

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer A popular exhibit at one children’s museum is the recycling collection truck with its steering wheel, buzzers, and lever-induced sounds of a revving motor and compacting trash. Once youngsters have claimed a seat there,

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Every day, the renowned medieval scholar Maimonides visited Egypt’s sultan, whom he served as a court physician. During the long donkey ride, Maimonides voiced his thoughts aloud and the donkey would listen and reflect.

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Nearly 2,200 years ago, Antiochus IV seized the throne in the Seleucid Empire, an enormous Greek state that included Judea. To unify his kingdom, he embarked on an aggressive Hellenizing mission specifically targeted toward

The Power of Stories Series, Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Joseph Potasnik tells the extraordinary story of days-old twins, one born with a serious heart condition and not expected to live. As the tiny infant’s health began to fail, a nurse petitioned for

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Pharaoh instructed the Hebrew midwives, “When you assist the Hebrew women during childbirth, if it is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.” Fearing God above all, the midwives