What Is the Price of Human Dignity? Jewish tradition includes many teachings related to issues faced by farm workers and thus, these issues should concern…
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My Journey to Judaism and to Jewish Art As a gay kid growing up in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood of Boston, I felt alienated and…
Joseph Cries a Lot – and That Should Matter to Us Crying gets a bad rap. 1/03/2019 Rabbi Erin Polansky Read more Source: reform…
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.…
ReformJudaism.org’s Top 10 Stories of 2018 As we prepare to ring in 2019, we look back on the year we leave behind, and… whew, what…
What Does It Mean to Be a Jew in America on the Eve of 2019? Perhaps more than any time in history, American Jews are free…
3 Jewish Dishes to Cook in the New Year Always on the lookout for new dishes to prepare, I’ve decided to try three (and perhaps…
Don’t Waste Time Making Resolutions – Instead, Count Blessings Our rabbinic teachers of old offered a different tactic to living life. They invited us to…
A Look Inside Day-to-Day Life in Israel As a recent volunteer in Israel, I tutored students in English, both middle school students in south Tel Aviv…
Visiting When Someone in the Family is Ill When we visit the sick, it is our job to be present, kind, and ready to listen, all of…
A Jewish Perspective on Being a Working Mother My husband and I are expecting our third child. I’m often asked if I will continue to…
At the Intersection of Torah and Israel Learn about Rabbi Reuven Greenvald, the Union for Reform Judaism’s director of Israel engagement, and what he brings…
Seeing God in the Every Day For years, I imagined God as a living human being walking amongst us each day. How foolish I was…
The Song Lyrics that Remind Me to Be Humbled A song – and its sentiment of humility and gratitude – wove its way through a…
“All About Nina” and the Jewish Imperative to Believe Survivors This week marks the digital and DVD release of All About Nina, a film by writer/director…
A New Look at Einstein’s Changing Views of God and Judaism Albert Einstein said different things about God and Judaism at different times in his…
Schindler’s List: Separating Truth from Fiction The 25th anniversary re-release of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List has reignited criticism as well as praise for the Oscar-winning…
How to Bring Sacred Stories to Life Even though the Jewish people are known as the “People of the Book,” sometimes our sacred stories can…
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…
Thanks, but I’ll Pass on the Santa Stamps In earlier days, I might have avoided any fuss and simply hurried out – but on that…