Soulful Complexity: Advice for Talking with Children and Teens About What’s Happening in Israel
Greetings from URJ Kutz Camp where I am serving on faculty this week. Even in this bucolic setting, the loud cries from and about Israel are stirring conversation and action. Because this URJ community cares about Israel as a place welcoming to all Jews, the concerns expressed by participants and staff come from a place of commitment to Israel and its future.
L'dor V'dor: Helping Teens Find Their Place in Jewish History
What better way to teach our teens about their place in history than by offering them a chance to experience Jewish life in Europe and Israel.
JewV’Nation Fellowship Focus: Rivka Campbell
"How are you Jewish?” is a question Rivka Campbell, hears often. It’s exhausting, she says, to explain her presence in a community to which she belongs.
A Prayer for Israel's Druze Soldiers and Police
Today, on a beautiful Jerusalem morning - two Druze policemen, Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shnaan, 22 - were slain during a terrorist attack near the Temple Mount.
Let us Welcome, Not Fear, the Stranger
As the global refugee crisis escalated, fear and misunderstanding of who refugees are inhibited refugee resettlement in the United States. These false perceptions of refugees mask the reality: refugees want to start a new life in a place where they feel safe.
I’m Here for the Journey, Wherever It Takes Me
A journey is not one singular event, but a compilation of experiences that constitutes parts of a whole. Each piece is its own adventure, contributing to the whole.
Let Us Welcome, Not Fear, the Stranger
False perceptions of refugees mask the reality: Refugees want to start a new life in a place where they feel safe. Most of them want the same things out of life that we want: to be safe, healthy,http://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday and happy.
10 Jewish Reads for Your Beach Vacation
We may be well into summer, but there are still plenty of beach days (or sitting-outside-days) ahead. Infuse your outdoor reading with Judaism with our tried-and-true recommendations.
How Jewish Burials are Actually Green Burials, Too
I feel that it is time that we, as rabbis and as a Jewish community, begin to speak more about the environmental advantages of a traditional Jewish burial.
6 Ways French President Macron's Holocaust Speech Was Groundbreaking
It wasn't the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation's Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron's speech Sunday was nonetheless groundbreaking in format, content, and style.