When my grandparents retired to Florida full time, they did not join a synagogue. Active and committed Jews for their entire lives, they just didn’t expect to live all that long. Somehow they assumed that they would enjoy a few quiet years, and then quietly pass on. As the decades accumulate…

There is nothing more important to a grandparent than getting to spend time with the grandkids. And there is nothing that can derail that quality time faster than when Grandma or Grandpa is feeling under the weather.

Ritualwell.org Managing Editor Hila Ratzabi never saw anything like it before: One day while browsing Facebook, she came across a post by a man looking for retailers to carry his latest invention — a 20-sided dreidel.

Many people don’t use their dining rooms often, which makes them ideal to be designed more outrageously. Definitely express your personal style.

Each and every December, the Jews of America hunker down for another month of Christmas cheer. We may not necessarily want to know every word to “All I Want for Christmas is You,” yet it is unavoidable; and try as we may to deny it, we have to admit that an Advent calendar full of chocolates…

Ten years ago, Joseph Tsiyoni — an inventor, businessman and author who lives in the Greater Phoenix area — became disabled due to a total knee replacement. He lost the ability to walk any farther than a short distance and found himself experiencing newfound challenges with mobility.

Joseph Tsiyoni with the PrideR scooter.

’Tis the season for tzedakah. Whether for year-end tax planning, or a desire to help those less fortunate, December is a great time for charity.  

It’s the time of year when gift-giving is driven more by motivation than obligation.

For some people, nothing says the start of the holiday season better than classic movies, with perhaps “It’s a Wonderful Life” taking the honor of the most popular.

More than 700 letters and pictures for lone soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces will make their way to Israel this month as part of the East Valley JCC’s Lone Soldier Project Hanukkah Greeting Letter Campaign 2019. 

The luggage-handlers at Ben-Gurion International Airport saw an increase in the number of bicycles coming in and out, as an expected 500 participants from 12 countries arrived to participate in the five-day “Wheels of Love” 2019 charity bike ride, with as many as 125 riders joining from the …

The Jewish War Veterans of the USA is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a contest. It is holding a logo design competition with a reward of $500 and a feature in the next issue of its publication, “Jewish Veteran.” Submissions, welcome from any individual over 18, must be emailed to Chr…

Are bar mitzvah hype men still a thing, or have they been irrelevant since 2005? What about music; is a DJ still the preference over a live band? Is awkward preteen dancing still required? (Well, some things never change.) 

I’d been keeping a secret from my daughter.

The first paid writing job I ever held was as a bar mitzvah speech ghostwriter.

The phrase adult bar or bat mitzvah, if not an apparent contradiction in terms, reads with some incongruity. Why would you need a bar or bat mitzvah if you’re already an adult?

How do you live life dialectally? This is a challenging way to live life, but there are merits as it will allow you to open your mind to new possibilities.

There are so many months dedicated to raising awareness about important health issues that it is hard to keep track of all of them. Every year there seems to be a new health issue that is being added to a specific month. While there are many important health issues that are worthy of a month…

If one reads some mailings from our field, from some of our grantees, and from all too many wealth advisors, one might think that philanthropy was and is a byproduct of the U.S. tax system. It wasn’t and isn’t.

Dr. Peg Durachko has four bankers’ boxes filled to the brim with cards and small items that she received from friends and strangers after her husband, New Light member Dr. Richard Gottfried, was murdered during the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre on Oct. 27, 2018.

When Yitzchok Gordon arrived at the site, he didn’t bring scaffolding. He wasn’t sure what the job required. Gordon didn’t know whether he needed spackle, scrapers or other materials regularly used for covering up blemishes or altering spaces. What Gordon, a professional painter, realized as…

On Oct. 27, 2018, unimaginable horror descended on the city of Pittsburgh as an anti-Semite extinguished the lives of 11 innocent Jews and forever changed the lives of countless others.

“What to do about lighting?” is the question every client asks me. They want to know: “Do I buy lamps, install track lighting, have recessed cans put in the ceiling, use up-lights, indirect lights or cable lights? What’s the difference between halogen bulbs and incandescent bulbs and now LED?”

There’s nothing like a gorgeous, well-designed kitchen to set the right vibe for the rest of the home. That’s clearly what Stephanie Gamble of Stephanie Gamble Interiors had in mind when she was commissioned to fix up a newly purchased home in Maryland.