Choosing Judaism: Why One Grandmother Made a Public Commitment Last fall’s tragedy in Pittsburgh finally prompted Linda North, now known as Ruth bat Avraham v’Sarah,…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
Migrant Children Belong in Schools, Not Cages Learn what one rabbi said at a civil disobedience event to protest child detention that was attended by…
3 Ways to Enjoy Watermelon, One of Israel’s Favorite Fruits What’s the quintessential summer fruit? If your answer is watermelon, you’re not alone. 7/22/2019 Kate…
Mexican Shakshuka: Connecting to My Mexican and Jewish Identities through Food As Jews of a variety of backgrounds and histories, I see food as the…
It’s Elul: 6 Ways to Get Ready for the High Holidays Elul, the Hebrew month that precedes the High Holidays, is traditionally a time of…
Leonard Cohen: Life, Death, and the Days of Awe After his father died, 9-year-old Leonard Cohen folded a message into one of his father’s bowties…
Why I Wish Jews a “Happy Yom Kippur” Given that Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, it makes sense that it…
What Does Fasting on Yom Kippur Mean to You? 7 Jews Share Their Perspectives From those who always fast to those who have considered not…
6 Ways to Mark the First Anniversary of the Tree of Life Shootings As we remember that dark day in our history and honor those…
What Did They See When They Entered the Orchard? At my seder, as at many, we go around the table, taking turns reading successive pieces…
What I Learned from My “Lost Passover” Two years ago, for the first time ever, I didn’t attend a seder. A virulent infection was poisoning…
Letting Go at Auschwitz-Birkenau: Lessons from a Zen Peacemaker Retreat As the son of Holocaust survivors, I ruled out the possibility of ever visiting a concentration…
Shavuot: Counting Up to the Celebration Just as the light grows with each night of Hanukkah, so too do our joy and excitement grow as…
This Pride Month, We’ve Still Got a Long Way to Go to End LGBTQ Poverty This Pride Month, we remain committed to raising awareness about…
The Struggle for Women’s Equality in Israel Continues In Israel, “separate but equal” is used to justify limiting women’s access to, and participation in, the…
How One Israeli Organization is Fighting a 5-Year-Old Boy’s Deportation His world was turned upside down after his parents divorced. His father left Israel – and…
How to Declutter Your Soul During the High Holidays The Days of Awe offer us opportunities to consider how we spend our days and what…
How You Can Participate in National Refugee Shabbat – and Why You Should Jewish communities across North America will come together for National Refugee Shabbat on October…
Cracking the Code: What Torah Trope Are You? Chants used to read Torah may be an unusual metaphor to assess one’s inner nature, but the…
How #GivingTuesday Helps Us Fulfill a Jewish Obligation #GivingTuesday provides us with an opportunity to demonstrate one of the most fundamental teachings of Jewish tradition:…