Inbox: Issue 926

“Kibbud av v’eim, as my rav states, is a mitzvah we are obligated to do when parents act like parents”

“Who Decides If My Child Stays Back?”

I don’t want to antagonize my child’s school — but I know her best

“When you abuse someone physically, you hurt their body; when you abuse someone spiritually, you destroy their soul”

Questionable funding of Reform nonprofit

Chaya Suri’s Asian Patties with some tweaks from Sara Gold

To prepare for Rosh Hashanah, we have to learn to look deeper at our actions and see the story that emerges from them

I’ve been teaching for years, but just two days in, I’ve given up

Best to keep it vague. The extra 800 shekel came out to a pitiful per-hour rate, and it’s not like his base salary was any better

Our minds are not a tool for validation but a path to the Divine

Just in case you’re looking for a before or after school cookie, here’s our pick.

Feel free to pile this dip onto a salad, scoop it up with crackers or cut-up vegetables for an after-school snack