In a Pickle: A Fun, Foodie Day at Camp, Plus a Recipe for Half-Sours When it comes to pickles, there are many connections to our…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
What It Means to Have a Rare Disease in the Family My faith in God has never been more important to me than in the…
Yes, When I Moved to Israel My Grandparents Came With Me Six years ago, my husband and I (and our cat) made aliyah, moving from…
Parashat D’varim: Escaping my Comfort Zone Eventually, I felt as if The Holy Blessed One had nudged me out of my rest, telling me that…
Why Pray to a Silent God? Why pray to a silent God who is not looking down at us and waiting to hear what we…
How I’m Tapping into My Jewish Values to Help Save Lives When 17 people were killed in a shooting at our school, we were devastated…
Tips for Hosting for the High Holidays Whether hosting a holiday meal causes stress or you revel in creating warmth and hospitality around Jewish traditions.…
How Can We Find Hope and Faith in the Face of Death? Rabbi Stephen Karol’s new book is based on his many years of helping…
7 Ways to Have the Best Seder Ever Here are seven resources from ReformJudaism.org and elsewhere in the Jewish world you can use to help…
The Missouri Reform Jew Who Contributed to Israel’s Founding President Truman’s prompt recognition of the state of Israel in 1948 might not have happened without…
Moses and the Mystics: Discovering Our Higher Purpose in Life The Jewish mystics also understood that adversity, even tragedy, can hold the key to discovering…
Gun Violence Prevention, One State at a Time The Reform Jewish community has been very active in the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. 5/03/2018 Rabbi…
God, Help Us Build Our World from Love As we prepare to march to demand justice for the immigrant families separated at our border, consider…
How Hebrew Connects Me to Antiquity and Modernity These days, I mostly use Hebrew to teach bar and bat mitzvah students, but seeking to enhance…
RAPentance: A Hip-Hop “Praylist” for Rosh HaShanah I began dreaming about an alternative High Holiday experience – a musical journey that would tap into…
When It Comes to Israel, We Cannot Avoid Our Discomfort Although we don’t vote in Israel’s elections and should not expect to, neither does the…
Checkout-Line Blessings at the Israeli Supermarket Although Israel is filled with many religious people, most supermarket visits don’t come with a side of checkout-line-blessings like…
How a Tray of Blintzes Brought Our Community Together My Grandma Ruby, may she rest in peace, knew that comfort food, especially blintzes, could sweeten…
Thanks, but I’ll Pass on the Santa Stamps In earlier days, I might have avoided any fuss and simply hurried out – but on that…
ReformJudaism.org’s Top 10 Stories of 2018 As we prepare to ring in 2019, we look back on the year we leave behind, and… whew, what…