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Judy Gruen

Light from Within

This light of Shabbat was built into the foundation of the universe, and I believe that it can counter the darkness of worry, of pain, of conflict, of trivialities. What a powerful idea to think about when we embrace the light.

Fighting Intergenerational Poverty in Israel

Yad Ezra V’Shulamit distributes more than one million pounds of food every week at 93 distribution points across the country, and more than five million pounds on Passover and Rosh Hashanah.

I Still Can’t Sleep

In today’s column I am revisiting the topic of insomnia because insomnia keeps revisiting me.

Go Ahead, Eat Chocolate

Now that it’s National Chocolate Month, it’s a good time for everyone to make sure their relationship with chocolate is robust and at least 65% pure cacao.

Home Is More than an Address

Yes, home is physical, but even more so it is emotional, spiritual, a place that grounds us psychologically.

Saved by a Mitzvah

Today, it’s too easy to suspect good people of bad intentions, while defaulting to judging ourselves with heaping loads of favoritism.

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