7 Ways to Observe Yom HaShoah This Year Here are just a few of the many stories, prayers, and other resources to help you commemorate…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
My (Privileged) Struggle to Find Meaning in Jewish Peoplehood Weeks after I prayed at the Western Wall at the start of the new Hebrew month…
6 More Ways “Game of Thrones” is Like (and Unlike) the Torah I wrote about some of their similarities when season seven of Game of Thrones…
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,…
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…