Ahavat Yisrael

When you make your spouse the #1 person in your life, this is the very act of loving a fellow Jew. Their needs and wellbeing come first, before your own...

Before I joined my program, I don't think I could honestly say that I cared much about helping others. If truth be told, I'm not sure that I cared much about others at all—forget about the helping part!

Every performer's heart constricts until his fellow performer masters his daredevil feat. But here that tension was palpably more evident. After all, this was their son.

An interesting news item I recently stumbled upon: A man died last night after driving a black Toyota into an artificial pond in Central Islip while trying to evade the police. Three officers who tried to rescue him from the water were also taken [to the ...

Dear Friend, For the last several weeks, our hearts and minds have been on Israel. We’re glued to news reports as we are heartened by the victories of the IDF and mourn the loss of lives. We’ve been encouraged to pray and do mitzvahs in the honor of the b...

At a mental health awareness event a few years ago, I heard a man describe his suicide attempt, in which he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Few who have made that 220-foot jump have lived to tell their stories. But this man was one of ...

As a young teenager, I remember noticing that the first thing the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, did daily, upon arriving at Lubavitch World Headquarters, was pore over the letters that he received from people wo...

I know G‑d doesn't need any "reminders" about the essential value of His children. But, nevertheless, I thought He might appreciate a few snapshots of the year in review, from my small perspective...

I've always known that I should and could improve in my love and care for my fellows. But this past week, the concept came alive for me...

As the settlers kept pressing forward, a policeman would sometimes lose control of himself and start hitting someone particularly hard and begin yelling at him. Person after person was either arrested or beaten...