What Is Our Responsibility to Future Generations? Learn Torah from NFTY-ite April Springer, winner of this year’s Blickstein D’var Torah Competition. 2/11/2019 April Springer Read…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
My Jewish Manic Episode Mania can be challenging. Normally, it’s fairly easy to act properly and lawfully. But when much of your brain is malfunctioning,…
Learning How to Make a Difference in Our World Many of us want to help repair what is broken in our world. Getting started, though,…
In Every Generation: Four Questions from the Early Days of the Kibbutz For secular kibbutzniks, the Four Questions let them express ideas about living on…
Empty Chairs and Stained Napkins: A Passover Prayer for Peace When we gather on April 19 and 20 to mark the first two nights of…
Remembering My Mom and Making Her Legacy a Blessing Planning to offer brief remarks before Kaddish for my mother, I found it much harder to…
When Your Child Teaches You About Revelation Life can strip our ability to stand in awe. When the rent is due, the refrigerator is bare,…
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…
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…