On Friday afternoon, at The Westridge School here in Pasadena, I listened to a guest lecturer, Dr. Carol Dweck, one of the premiere researchers in the field of motivation and learning.  Her years of study as a Psychology Professor at Stanford Un...

  When you think of leadership, what springs to mind? Do you think of a particular person whom you feel has emulated the qualities that you look for in a leader? Or do you consider some of the traits that great leaders are known for - people who...

Kol Isha is a Jewish term that comes from the Talmud meaning "the voice of women."  Throughout Jewish history, women's voices were seen as seductive and distracting to men and were therefore silenced. Kol Isha can also be a community of women who meaningfully share their Jewish lives through study, friendship and tikkun olam—another Jewish term—"the repair of the world."

Not too long ago, a dear friend told me more about about her Jewish faith and her woman's group called "Kol Isha."     "Patricia, our women’s group at our temple is called Kol Isha … which relates Kol Isha back to all of the di...