Sexual Assault is a Jewish Issue
This piece is a part of the RAC Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) blog series.
Piloting the Audacious Hospitality Toolkit to Bring It to Life
A toolkit containing cutting-edge resource materials to be piloted next month will help Reform Jewish leaders see their world through a lens focused on Audacious Hospitality.
3 Facts About How American Jews View the Torah
In the lead-up to the Christian celebration of Easter, which overlapped with Passover, the Pew Research Center shared data about the way religious Americans view their holy texts. Here are highlights from the Jewish end of things:
Lessons from the Torah on Sexual Violence
This piece is a part of the RAC Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) blog series. The following contains depictions of sexual assault.
Earth Day Shabbat: A Double Celebration
7 New Books about the Holocaust You Should Read, According to Scholars
Ahead of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, JTA reached out to Jewish studies scholars across the country seeking their recommendations on recently published books dealing with the Holocaust.
Politics and Pulpit: Can Church Ever Be Separated from State?
The URJ's Rabbi David Saperstein was a recent guest on a Meet the Press special discussion about the role of religious leaders during a period of heightened political rhetoric
How the Gym Helped Me Prepare for Synagogue
The rabbi invited me to help with hagbah, an honor usually reserved for a strong man because some scrolls are extremely heavy – and the last thing anyone wants is for a Torah scroll to fall or be dropped.
The People’s Climate March: Jewish Community Events to Know About
It's important to raise our voices in opposition to rolling back environmental regulations and other measures to prevent further climate change. Here's what you can do to join the Jewish community in support of the Peoples Climate March.
It Is No Dream: How to Connect Preschool Families to the Congregational Community
Here's how one Chicago-land congregation successfully deepened its engagement with families with young children.