If You Want to Know What It Means to Be a Reform Jew Today, Look No Further A new adult education curriculum helps us explore…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
How to Get It Just Right: Follow Instructions and Improvise In the Torah portion T’rumah, the word “tavnit” or “pattern” occurs three times, referring to…
Remembering Al Vorspan, z”l: The Prophet Who Loved to Laugh Al Vorspan, a giant for social justice, died on February 17 at the age of…
What Does it Mean to “Code Switch” in Jewish Spaces? Whenever I enter Jewish spaces, whether it’s my first time or my fiftieth, I make…
How to KonMari Your Pantry (and Your Life) in Time for Passover Kondo teaches us to organize our stuff and toss what we don’t need,…
9 Recipes to Indulge in Chametz after the Holiday Whether you observe seven or eight days of Passover and its dietary restrictions, get ready to…
3 Questions to Ask on Israel Independence Day All discourse around Israel can be boiled down to three questions that can help us frame our…
How the “Element of Surprise” Helps Me in Both Black and Jewish Spaces “As a Jewish woman of Color…” is how I begin most conversations…
The Torah of Elections in Israel: Concern and Optimism Israelis recently elected an assortment of representatives to parliament, but a coalition could not be formed,…
My Beautiful, Kaleidoscopic Jewish Life When I look into my soul – that of a proud black Jewish woman – and I realize the journey…
6 Great Jewish Reads for the Fourth of July Here’s some of our favorite Jewish content from Independence Days past, all from the archives of…
What Happened in El Paso – and 6 Ways You Can Act for Immigrant Justice “My faith requires me with every fiber of my being,…
This Tu B’Av, Rethink Your Biases about Straight and Queer Couples Created to commemorate the day that peace was restored between the Jewish tribes, allowing…
The Power of Words – and Music – in the Book of Deuteronomy ReformJudaism.org caught up with Cantor Sacks to talk about her career and…
Stopping at a Jewish Camp on the Way from Uganda to Rabbinical School When I returned to camp this summer, my whole Jewish self was…
Battling Perfection at the Start of the Jewish Year The High Holidays remind us of our natural state of human imperfection. Let’s remember, though, we…
“Synonyms”: Award-Winning New Film Portrays Israelis as Outsiders Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms” is a superbly directed, thinly plotted, challenging, provocative new film nominated for four Ophir Awards, the…
The Rift Between American Jews and Israel: A Conversation with Author Rabbi Daniel Gordis Learn what Rabbi Daniel Gordis, a prolific and award-winning author, has…
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Liberal Zionism’s Influential and Inspiring Leader A newly published article in New York Magazine powerfully captures the work of the Reform Jewish…
A Mother’s Day Wish: An Interview with My 96-Year-Old Mother There are some questions about growing up as the son of Holocaust survivors I had…