If I Can Do It, So Can You Being Jewish and having a congenital bone deficiency has made my life path quite unique, so I…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
We Must All Expect More: A Reform Jewish Letter About the Public Discourse Our statement is rooted in the themes of repentance and reflection, all…
Why I’m Wishing My Fellow Jews a “Happy Yom Kippur” Given that Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, it makes sense…
4 New Sukkah Blessings To Try This Year Growing up, I always felt like I was forced to go to the synagogue immediately after Yom…
Chicago in the Jewish Limelight When the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) convenes its 2019 Biennial this December in Chicago, it will shine the spotlight…
This Restaurant is a Beacon of Hope for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Kerry Brodie runs Emma’s Torch, a non-profit social enterprise with paid culinary training…
18 Not-Just-Matzah Recipes to Try This Passover Who says eight days of dietary restrictions need to make your life less delicious? Here are 18 recipes for a tasty…
In Afghanistan, I Started Praying Before I Traveled In 2005-2006, I worked in Afghanistan, and to get to work, I had to travel on one of…
7 Jewish Reasons (and Ways) to Celebrate Canada Day Canada Day, a national holiday on July 1, marks the history, culture, and achievements of Canada…
A Memoir of War: The Agony of Waiting Renowned French-Jewish director Emmanuel Finkiel’s new film, A Memoir of War, is a haunting meditation on the pain…
What’s Sephardic About the High Holidays? What do dates, pomegranates, apples, spinach, squash, pumpkin, beets, scallions, and maybe even, the cheek meat of a fish…
Spitting Image: Using New Techniques to Ask Old Questions There’s nothing like a scheduled, non-funeral visit to old graves to get you thinking about Jewish…
This Rabbi Saved 4 Torah Scrolls from Being Destroyed in the California Wildfires “There’s a hill right across the street from our temple — it…
“Sing Hallelujah”: A Poem for Thanksgiving Poet Stacey Zisook Robinson reflects on Judaism’s call to us to both partner with God to repair what is…
How I Feel as a Jew During Christmas Sustaining a minority culture in the face of Christmas’s incessant commercial drumbeat can be exhausting. 12/13/2018 Juliette…
Together, We Can: A Letter to the 116th Congress Today, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism delivered a letter to every member of the 116th Congress.…
Wildfire Recovery: A Tu BiShvat Tale When a wildfire leveled my home when I was 20, I fell into a deep depression. Later, when I…
Rediscovering My Grandmother’s Blintz Recipe and Old Memories of My Family While helping my mom clean her home, I found a printout of an email…
Drawing Comfort from Tradition When Tragedy Strikes On the first anniversary of the Parkland shooting, we remember the lost lives and the lost innocence of…
“Make a Change”: A Jewish Teen Leader’s Challenge “Connection doesn’t have to be this huge thing. It can be small things, too, that make just…