Ayelet Newman

Home | Advertising Opportunities | About | Contact | Site Map | Subscribe

Web Exclusives Dining Guide In This Week's Edition News Front Page Editorial/Letters Editorials Letters To The Editor Torah Weekly Luach Questions & Answers Daf Yomi Leadership Challenges Torah Thought for Teens View From Zion Torah Features Halachic Questions/Rabbi Jack Simcha Cohen Covenant & Conversation Parshah Panorama OP-ED Media Monitor Columns Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch Teller Glimpses Into American Jewish History Rebbetzin's Viewpoint/Rebbetzin Jungreis Focus on Israel/Dov Gilor My Machberes Baseball Insider Jerusalem Vantage Point/Caroline B. Glick Moshe Feiglin Fundamentally Freund/Michael Freund Archives The Practical Activist/Yossi Cukier Features Interviews and Profiles Lessons In Emunah Truth From Israel Inquiring Photographer Electronics Today The Book Shelf Movie and Play Reviews Extras Archives The Way We Were: From The Archives Magazine Parenting Our Children Chronicles of Crises Judith Guedalia Devora Waysman Special Features Feminine Soul Teens and Twenties Talk Jewish Arts Marriage and Relationships Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer Archives Louis Rene Beres Web Exclusives Kashrus Center Responsa Of Modern Judaism Family Issues Food Latest in Kosher Food Restaurant Review Kosher Food News Recipes Jewish Community Rockland County/Northern New Jersey Upcoming Events How You Can Help Travel Features On The Jewish World South Florida Personal Perspectives Queens and Long Island Archives West Coast Happenings Contests/Games Judoko Chess in the Press Tishrei Contest Chanukah Contest Purim Contest Shavuos Contest Summer Contest Tu B'Shevat Contest Crossword Puzzle Word Star Media Kits Building Blocks Media Kit Bayit Ne'eman - a Home Magazine Health & Living Media Kit Shopper Media Kit Supplements Shopper Health & Living Mind, Body & Soul Building Blocks Current Cover Page Related Sites Minyan Locator Service Directory
	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: Lessons In Emunah 346 Archived Articles Found in Lessons In Emunah Next 20 Articles > 1) Posted Sep 07 2010 Tummy Time By Ayelet Newman They say that my baby is a dream baby. Now you might wonder who "they" are. It's those folks who come up to me and say that my baby's feet are cold without socks; her head is baking in the sun without a hat; she's too hot with that blanket over her. Oh, the joys of living in Israel, where we are all family. Read Article 2) Posted Sep 01 2010 A Treasure To Keep By Rivky Garfinkel Reiss When my neighbor asked me if I was missing any jewelry, I immediately thought of the gift my husband gave me 25 years ago at our wedding. In the yichud room, he presented me with a beautiful three-tone gold bracelet with diamond chips. I treasured that gift until I lost it. Read Article 3) Posted Aug 25 2010 Blood Money By Shayna Hunt I recently received an envelope from Belgium, with legal documents informing me that I was found eligible to receive Holocaust compensation. I saw this as a symbolic rectification of a bitter injustice that seemed to represent the very essence of my life. As I flipped through the pages, my mind wandered back to my childhood. Read Article 4) Posted Aug 18 2010 Emanations Of Forgiveness By Hanna Geshelin In the secular world, time is perceived as linear. It began in the past, and continues in a straight line through the present and into the future. Special days are but mere spikes along the path. On the other hand, Judaism teaches that time is a spiral. Read Article 5) Posted Aug 18 2010 Attending Bais Yaakov: The Answer To My Wish By Hadassah Trenk I was about 11 years old and crying on the front steps of the Bluzhever Rebbe's house. It was the late 40s, and the Rebbe had recently arrived. He miraculously survived the Nazi inferno, but lost his wife and children. Read Article 6) Posted Aug 11 2010 Mitzvah Angels By Name Withheld Upon Request Every bar mitzvah is special, but some are more special than others. Thirteen years ago, our son was born with a rare and life-threatening condition. The first few years were touch and go. Each milestone in his life carried extra significance. Read Article 7) Posted Aug 04 2010 GPS To The Rescue By Name Withheld Upon Request These days, even people with a bad sense of direction can travel with ease. Since the invention of the GPS, people have confidence that they will find their way. Read Article 8) Posted Jul 28 2010 Heaven's Door By Name Withheld Upon Request It was the first Sunday in April when my son called with the following query: "Abba," he asked. "What's the name of the '80s music group that rediscovered one of Bob Dylan's greatest hits?" Read Article 9) Posted Jul 21 2010 *A Tefillah* From The Depths By Debbie Garfinkel Diament I live in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. Just up the road from my house is Kever Shmuel Hanavi (the Prophet Samuel's tomb). This landmark is situated in a very strategic spot. It is 885 meters above sea level, affording a panoramic vista of Jerusalem and its surrounding areas. For hundreds of years, it was in Jewish hands. Read Article 10) Posted Jul 15 2010 An MRI That Went Awry By Esther Lehman Gross I joined the Jewish Press Emunah family four years ago when I wrote about my fall down a flight of stairs while holding my granddaughter. Baruch Hashem, my 16-month-old granddaughter came out without a scratch, but I became paralyzed and needed six months of rehab. Hashem saw fit to save me, and to help me recuperate. Read Article 11) Posted Jul 07 2010 Not Just A Fairy Tale By Rivky Garfinkel Reiss She walked into my husband's office, accompanied by her father. They were clearly from Israel's lower socioeconomic class. The father was a large, frightening man who reeked of alcohol, and his daughter was a recent ba'alat teshuvah. Read Article 12) Posted Jun 30 2010 Hashem Heard My Prayer By Name Withheld Upon Request I was visiting a shul I formerly attended during my previous marriage. My former husband worked on Shabbos, and did what he could to pull my children away from Yiddishkeit. Read Article 13) Posted Jun 16 2010 How Is This Night Different? By Bracha Strimber We were making good time on Erev Pesach. The back of our car was packed with coolers filled with homemade foods for the Seder - savory Moroccan gefilte fish balls, sweet and sour turkey balls, and trays of delicious baked goods. Read Article 14) Posted Jun 02 2010 Peanut M&M's By Hanna Geshelin I have a friend I'll call Mrs. Levine who I have known for years. She is a quiet and unassuming woman who has had a difficult life that she has handled with grace and dignity. She volunteers in her synagogue, and is well liked by everyone who sees past her reserved nature to the fine woman within. Read Article 15) Posted May 26 2010 Tenfold By Name Withheld Upon Request** It was Erev Pesach, three hours before Yom Tov. I was at the checkout counter at the local supermarket. The gentleman in front of me was trying to pay his $48 bill. I noticed that he gave the clerk a credit card that was declined. He offered a second credit card, with the same result. The saleswoman then asked the young man how he planned to pay, to which he sheepishly replied, "May I write a check?" Read Article 16) Posted May 18 2010 A Visit To My Father's Kever By Esther Lehman Gross I recently returned from a visit to Eretz Yisrael, where I go yearly for my father's yahrzeit. As always, my husband, and my sister and her family accompanied me. Read Article 17) Posted May 12 2010 Something In The Air By Temima Cohen The land of Israel's holiness features four cities that are singled out as exceptionally holy, and which are imbued with special qualities. I have had the good fortune to visit all four - Hebron, Jerusalem, Tiberias and Safed - if only for a short time. Each of these cities is associated with a particular kind of holiness, corresponding to the four basic elements: Jerusalem - fire; Hebron - earth; Tiberias - water; and, my favorite, Safed - air. Read Article 18) Posted May 05 2010 Chance Encounters? By Debbie Garfinkel Diament I believe that everything happens for a reason. Even the seemingly smallest of occurrences has a purpose. Read Article 19) Posted Apr 28 2010 Keeping Time With God By Chana Bashaim This story was told by Mrs. T., a woman in her 60s who I've known for three years. Mrs. T. attends my synagogue and sisterhood functions. Read Article 20) Posted Apr 21 2010 The Choice To Fight By Jeannette Katzir On December 31, 2009, my father was diagnosed with cancer. Sadly, almost everyone will be touched by this horrible disease in one fashion or another. I have had many friends who have been affected by cancer, but they were younger and stronger than my dad, or Tatinke, who is 84. Read Article 346 Archived Articles Found in Lessons In Emunah Next 20 Articles >
Copyright JewishPress.com 2008 \| Contact Us \| About Us