Section: Relationships

Reaching the Seemingly Unreachable


Building a relationship with your autistic child is challenging, but achievable.

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Defending Your Spouse’s Honor


You’re not the only ones with tension in the home. It happens that married couples fight.  This should not be viewed as a cause for alarm, but rather as an opportunity to make amends. After the couple has made up, their love will return, perhaps even stronger than it was before: "Where those who have ...

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The Mirror of Torah


Life today is complex. Culture and society are in constant motion and we, as members of the religious community are trying to juggle many conflicting messages. So often we feel like we cannot keep up and we cannot measure up to those around us. But, what if each of us is exactly ...

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Foam: A Short Story


I made my first cup of coffee in college.  Technically, it was instant espresso. During my first few weeks of college, I was introduced to a male coffee drinker named Yuval.  Yuval's Moroccan genes made him appear dark and deep.  He said he was going to be a doctor, which was an easy enough thing ...

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Creating the Marriage of Your Dreams: Having a Plan


Life Lesson: A Goal Without A Plan Is Just A Wish Have you caught yourself asking "Is this all there is?" about your marriage? You may have a nice family, great kids, a nice home and a pleasant intimate life, but you can still feel that something is missing. This is especially true if ...

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Opinions


In our last issue we asked readers what they think about the phenomenon in Israel of children calling adults by their first names, and what measures they take to instill respect in their children. Here are few of the responses we received: "When I was a child in New York City 45 years ago I also ...

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Singles’ Crisis


Thursday night, 11:30pm and I just got home from meeting a guy at a local café. I surf the net, register for yet another online dating website for religious singles and wonder if I will ever hear from this guy again. My email inbox has a few new messages, including one from a married ...

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Creating the Marriage of Your Dreams


What is a life well lived? How does one examine a successful life's journey? Imagine living in a toxic dump, where pollutants are seeping into your body from every pore. You realize that you are not so healthy, so you decide to begin an exercise program. You resolve to take up jogging around the neighborhood. ...

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Lessons From Our Children


It was a beautiful day. The weather was perfect, the birds were chirping, flowers were blooming. As an added bonus, the kids were in great moods, happy to be outside. Everything was perfect…until we passed by the dead squirrel. It lay by the side of the road, flat as a pancake, with its bones ...

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Take a Step Back


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Dating Guide to the Perplexed


Here are some good ideas that have worked to create a friendlier and safer dating experience:

1. Imagine you are on an airplane with this ...

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Friendly and Safer Dating


If the shadchan/it and the dater do not discuss problems as they arise, there is no place for growth or correction of unintentional mistakes. Problems need to be approached and discussed with respect in order to be corrected.

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