What Will You Do at a Time Such as This? Editor’s note: The text that follows was presented before a live audience at the 2019 Union…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
These Are the Main Challenges of Global Judaism Today Reform Judaism is becoming a major pillar of world Jewry – and as such, we should…
What Does It Mean to Be a “Typical” Anything? What’s a “typical” New Yorker? A typical Israeli? A typical Baby Boomer? A typical millennial? A…
10 Ways American Jewish Life Changed in the 2010s Here’s a look back at 10 huge developments from the past 10 years that have changed…
“Being a Jew Is about So Much More than Being a Victim” My prayer is that affirmation of their Jewish identity will be rooted not…
From Israel’s first spacecraft attempting to land on the moon to multiple elections and Chinese internment camps, the top headlines of 2019 Source: https://www.haaretz.com
This Hanukkah (and Beyond), Give the Gift of Life I remembered the lessons from Sunday school about pikuach nefesh. I knew that the obligation to save someone’s life supersedes…
7 Lucky Jewish Foods to Eat at the Start of the Secular New Year Whether or not you believe in superstitions, it can be fun…
Hanukkah in Israel: Donuts, Candles, and, Yes, Religious Freedom In Israel, everyone seemingly is in a good mood during Hanukkah. Of course, it’s impossible to…
The Joy of Celebrating Hanukkah on a Cruise Ship Last year, our family took a cruise during Hanukkah. The nightly candle lighting brought together so…
Why the 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre Should Still Matter to Jews Today It distresses me that so many Americans are just now hearing about…
Honoring the Yiddishkeit of Legendary Theater Impresario Joseph Papp We sat down with Avi Hoffman, who was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Death of…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
For Corbyn, ideological piety and vanity always trumped grubby practicalities like actually winning elections. If one of his acolytes now becomes leader, Labour’s disastrous election…
How I Teach My Kids That Being Jewish is Awesome and Awe-Filled Last year, my pre-school-aged daughter was acutely aware that her friends and their…
All the Things We Can Do with Hope Hope can be too hard to find – but really, those moments are exactly when we need…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Like the Maccabee Brothers, We Can All Be Leaders Our tradition tells of the great leader, Judah Maccabee. But what of his brothers? What do…
We Can’t Let Antisemites Determine Our Judaism Today, Jews around the world are frightened and shell-shocked at the seemingly sudden reemergence of antisemitism. It is…