Matir Asurim

Where the  Torah portion  focused on the power of words, the  Haftorah reading  emphasizes actions.  Indeed, after a long diatribe denouncin...

Tonight begins Holocaust Memorial Day. Last Holocaust Memorial Day I posted this . But this analogy is more personal than I let on.  My m...

Last year, I wrote an upbeat post about a Ukrainian orphanage for Jewish children, and contrasted it with the abysmal care offered in many ...

Seems like a double-meaning on the word  אִמַּצְתָּ . Most translations, both Jewish and Christian , render it as "strengthened"...

Yesterday we read from Bereishit -- the first chapter of the book of Genesis .  It starts with the creation of the cosmos and ends with the ...

I suddenly realized that these two metaphors represent one of the main questions in the adoption journey: What is the vision for the adoptio...

 A thoughtful reader offered the following comments: ========================== I think that most of my friends who are secular / atheis...

Many people expressed interest in forming a community around the cause of special needs children in foreign orphanages, taking flyers, shari...

I've gone nearly a week without posting, partly because we were away on vacation, and partly because I've been working on my present...

At synagogue services this morning, I spoke about my project with several people, and got some positive responses.  One friend pointed me i...

State orphanages in Ukraine are depressing, even in the best of cases.  In the worse cases, they are places of neglect, abuse, malnutrition ...

The liturgical song "Al Shlosha Dvarim" is drawn from Chapter 1 : The world stands on three things: Torah, the service of G-d , ...

Last week I posted a video about a wonderful private Israeli charity that takes care of abandoned babies in hospitals so they are able to be...

Yesterday I was getting depressed watching video after video of abandoned orphans wasting away in understaffed, unsanitary orphanages and in...

In an earlier post, I mentioned that while Jewish philanthropy often extends out to the global community, individual charity is usually focu...

I can see why many religious Christians are motivated to pursue adoption. The New Testament does seem to stress orphan care in many places...

A few months ago I tripped upon ReecesRainbow.org and I have not been the same since.  I have become obsessed with the lives of special nee...