Lessons from the Stadium Seats: A Father’s Day Reflection The small, quiet moments we spend with loved ones are precious and personal and powerful, and…
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I Attended Jewish Summer Camp 25 Years Late – but It Still Made a Huge Impact To be in a camp like this, these young…
8 Books for the Lazy Days of Summer Here’s a round-up of some of ReformJudaism.org’s recent book reviews. One of these books might be just…
The Day I Met Leonard Cohen in Jerusalem ReformJudaism.org interviewed Julia Knobloch about her powerful collection of poems, Do Not Return, which captures the essence…
A Letter to the Hillel Rabbi Who Jump-Started My Jewish Journey You probably knew back then that I wasn’t close to being ready to fully…
What Being a Practicing Reform Jew Means to Me When a non-Jewish acquaintance asked me: “Are you a practicing Jew?” I answered “Yes,” but the…
Why We Must Free Children in Cages When I learned of the adolescent detention facility in Homestead, FL, I was appalled. Because my mother survived…
A Psalm: A Song of Beauty and Grief I wrote this poem in honor of a dear man, a beloved pillar of my synagogue who…
How My Judaism Strengthened Me to Come Out as Bisexual Coming out and owning my bisexuality has reinforced that this – and all parts of…