Advertisement
Daily Jewish Wisdom
-
Sign up to receive our Daily Jewish Wisdom newsletter FREE!
Click here to sign up »
More Judaism in the Blogs
Top Judaism Features
Featured Video
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: A Jew's Natural State
What does it mean to be Jewish? Just as you can't change the DNA of a tree, says Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, you can't change the core of Jewish experience.
Jewish Events Calendar
- 9/7/2009Labor Day
- 9/19/2009Rosh Hashanah
- 9/28/2009Yom Kippur
- 10/3/2009Sukkot
- 10/10/2009Shemini Atzeret
Advertisement
Judaism
Windows & Doors
Rights vs. Obligations as New York Debates Inclusion of Muslim Holidays
New York's City Council voted to add two Muslim holidays to the city's public school calendar, citing the annual observance of Christian and Jewish holidays. Mayor Bloomberg objects, saying the city isn't obligated to accommodate all faiths: "If you close the schools for every single holiday, there won't...
Kingdom of Priests
Francis Collins on Abortion: Obama's Pick for NIH and His "Devout" Views on Terminating Down Syndrome Children
Do you ever notice how religious believers are always cited by the media as "devout" precisely when they are equivocating on basic Judeo-Christian moral and theological tenets? Dr. Francis Collins has some startling ideas on abortion. Startling, that is, from an Evangelical Christian who is Obama's...Daily Jewish Quote
When you are annoyed by something you could not avoid, don't aggravate it by useless worry.
Mendel Lefin, Heshbon HaNefesh
Reprinted from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
TAGS: Judaism, Jewish Quote
New Jewish Features
Top Jewish Comedians
From Mel Brooks to Larry David, here are the 15 most hilarious Hebrews still working today.
Featured Jewish Members
Popular Jewish Groups
Jewish Prayer of the Day
Prayer for Those in Need
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I call unto Thee, when my heart fainteth; lead me to a rock that is too high for me.
For Thou hast been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy.
I will dwell in Thy Tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of Thy wings. Selah
- Psalms 61: 2-5
Source: Source: Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917); read a Christian translation
TAGS: Comfort, Depression, Fear, Guidance, Judaism, Loneliness, Loss, Protection, Strength & Courage, Stress, Violence & Disasters
