How My Texas Congregation Led the Way to Support Immigrant Families Our congregation in McAllen, TX, is the go-to congregation for donations in support of…
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Why Israel’s Controversial New Nation-State Law Matters to All Jews Why is it so important, and what is its impact on Jews who don’t live…
Bagels, Lox and Grits: Defining My Jewish Identity My rabbi’s ‘’faith principles” and their many modes of expression ring true for me and my intersectional…
The Struggle for Women’s Equality in Israel Continues In Israel, “separate but equal” is used to justify limiting women’s access to, and participation in, the…
Channeling the Wisdom of a 20th-Century Jewish Philosopher on Today’s Refugee Crisis As I watch human tragedies unfold on the U.S.-Mexican border and elsewhere, nothing…
How a Terrorist Attack on My Bar Mitzvah Day Led Me to Advocacy Work I knew that this was my time to act. As a…
How to “Restring Your Beads” When Your Narrative Changes When I first learned about stringing and restringing our beads based on life experiences, I began…
Why I Won’t Allow My Voice to Be Silenced This week’s Torah portion reminds me of the many times I’ve been told to be quiet…
The Wine Was Good: Another Look at the Trefa Banquet There is no question that treif was served at the Highland House banquet, but 135…
Why Did You Deceive Me, Distant Lights? Visiting Kuchinate, I experienced overwhelming kindness from the women, Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers who had escaped horrible…
How a Parkland-Area Rabbi Found Space to Heal and Reflect My renewed strength will fuel me as I return to Parkland this week to serve…
Just Keep Marching, Even When the News is Disappointing and the Road Ahead is Tough Despite discouraging news out of Washington this summer, I implore…
Food on a Stick: 5 Tasty Recipes for Kebab Day Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, is reported to have once said, “There will…
What Should Jewish LGBTQ Spaces Look Like? No LGBTQ Jew who is embroiled in moments of loss asks if there is a need for explicitly Jewish…
What Moses Could’ve Learned from Starbucks Knowing when to let go is a most difficult decisions many of us will face as we age. If…
You Need to Add This Song to Your Wedding Playlist Although German composer Jakob Felix Mendelssohn’s wedding march is rarely heard at Jewish weddings, it…
It’s Up to Us to Keep the Mishpachah (Family) Together Imagine being forcibly separated from your loved one. This scenario may evoke thoughts of one…
An American Reflects on Independence Day from Israel July 4th in Israel is a day sandwiched between July 3rd and July 5th. Nonetheless, after work…
Countdown to Tishah B’Av: A Primer on the Three Weeks If you use a Jewish calendar, you may have noticed this notation on June 30:…
What a Mock Knesset Program Taught Us About Israeli Politics I thought our Mock Knesset was very successful. We learned so much and had fun…