I Spent the Last Day of Summer Break Lobbying My State Senator I chose to spend the last day of summer before seventh grade participating…
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What I Learned at an “Urban Kibbutz” In a nondescript building in the north of Israel, 150 people are striving to create societal transformation as…
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.…
Leonard Cohen: Life, Death, and the Days of Awe After his father died, 9-year-old Leonard Cohen folded a message into one of his father’s bowties…
In the Wake of Hurricane Dorian: Jewish Ways You Can Help Our prayers are with those affected by the Hurricane Dorian, including the brave first…
Why Tot Shabbat is Great for Kids – and the Whole Family Tot Shabbat is important for our daughter and for us. Each week, it…
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Ask Yourself These “Audaciously Hospitable” Questions During Elul These questions are intended to honor all of us by helping to identify and acknowledge our missteps…
The Centrality of Israel’s Declaration of Independence In a forthcoming book, Rabbi Eric Yoffie and Dr. Ruth Gavison parsed what is at the heart of…
Seeking a Minyan in Disneyland… with Middle Schoolers On my trip to Disneyland, I missed Papa intensely as we rode through the brightly colored, musical…
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…
High Holiday Lessons from ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Recuperating from a broken ankle this summer, I had time to catch up on my binge…
On Stage Now: Two Plays Ask Us to Look Beyond Our Prejudices Antoni Cimolino, artistic director of Canada’s Stratford Festival, has dedicated the season to…
What I Learned at a Jewish Camp in France At Mahanetzer Camp in the south of France, more than 150 campers and 40 staff celebrate…
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…
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…
It’s Elul: 6 Ways to Get Ready for the High Holidays Elul, the Hebrew month that precedes the High Holidays, is traditionally a time of…
How to Help Ensure Israel Offers Equality for All Critiquing Israel was not something I ever felt was appropriate for me to do, but there…
September 1, 1939: Another Day of Infamy It is worth remembering another day of infamy – September 1, 1939 – the day that set in…
The Power of Words – and Music – in the Book of Deuteronomy ReformJudaism.org caught up with Cantor Sacks to talk about her career and…