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…
The Worldwide Chavurah
What Noah and His Ark Taught Me about Being “Good Enough” When we can’t be Moses or Esther or whomever we want to be like,…
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is Ending – but VAWA Has Yet to Be Renewed Congress failed to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act in April.…
How Blessing Our Pets Brought Holiness to Our Community Several years ago, our synagogue held a “Blessing of the Animals” event, creating a sacred moment,…
5 Female Jewish Superheroes Everyone Should Know With the rising popularity of the industry, more and more Jewish superheroes were created, and some pretty cool…
All Its Inhabitants: Living Under Israeli Jurisdiction In a forthcoming book, two rabbis address the aspirational ethical treatment of all the inhabitants of the land…
What I Learned from My Breast Cancer Experience I am a breast cancer survivor. Before my diagnosis, I knew of individuals who had survived breast…
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…
“They Sat in the Back”: A Poem for Those Killed in Pittsburgh This poem, written by a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, commemorates…
Slaughter Does Not Honor Anyone: Remembering that Fateful Day in Pittsburgh As I was leading Torah study at our synagogue nearly a year ago, an…
Remembering Regina Jonas, the First Ordained Female Rabbi Although she never saw anyone who looked like her on the pulpit, Regina Jonas, the first woman…
“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…
How Reform Synagogues Welcomed Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum-Seekers This Sukkot Congregations from coast to coast welcomed immigrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees to be guests in their…
“Synonyms”: Israelis Portrayed as Outsiders in New Award-Winning Film Nadiv Lapid’s, “Synonyms,” is a superbly directed, thinly plotted, challenging, provocative new film nominated for four…
We Are More Than Our Diagnoses: Speaking About Mental Illness with Compassion and Respect A psychiatric disease is not someone’s fault nor is a diagnosis…
Musician David Broza on Music, Peace, Israel, and More David Broza, singer-songwriter, peace activist, and Israel’s native son, has been charming audiences worldwide with his…
Fighting the Assault on Health Care and Immigrants The U.S., by denying visas to immigrants who don’t have approved health insurance or the ability to…
When You Just Don’t Feel Joyful on Simchat Torah, Remember… With every seemingly worse piece of bad news littering our social media feeds and our…
The Thread that Connects the Tree of Life Synagogue, Kristallnacht, and Tishah B’Av In the year since the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue…
6 Ways to Mark the First Anniversary of the Tree of Life Shootings As we remember that dark day in our history and honor those…