Автор Menachem Traxler
5 articles
Teaching Tzedakah Through Action: Why Families Need Hands-On Giving Experiences
Jewish families face a peculiar modern problem: we've made giving too easy. Write a check, swipe a card, click donate. The transaction completes in seconds, but what does a seven-year-old learn from watching their parent…
Why Every Family Member Should Be Able to Pack Food Together
The phone call came on a Tuesday. A grandmother in her seventies wanted to bring her extended family to pack food for families in need, but her grandson uses a wheelchair. Could they still come?…
Planning a Family Trip to Israel That Actually Matters
Most families return from Israel with a camera roll full of tourist shots and kids who remember the gift shop better than the Western Wall. The problem isn't the destination. It's that we plan Israel…
Why Community Fridges Work When Charity Programs Don't
The first kosher community fridge in the United States opened recently in memory of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the American-Israeli hostage killed by Hamas. The timing feels significant. While Jewish communities nationwide grapple with how to ch…
Tzedakah Is Not Charity: Why Judaism's Approach to Giving Changes Everything
The conversation about tzedakah versus charity keeps surfacing because people sense something important lurking beneath the surface. They're right to push on it. The distinction between these concepts isn't academic hairsplitting. It's the…