Picture Yourself at the URJ Biennial: Enter Our Photo Contest!
Ready, set, snap! Want to see yourself on the big screen during URJ Biennial 2019? Here’s your chance to share your congregation’s best moments with 5,000 Reform Movement friends.
How I Found Holiness in Infertility
At the end of my first year as a rabbi, as several colleagues had babies or announced they were expecting, my husband and I decided it was time to get crackin’.
#NoBanAct: We Must Never Dim Lady Liberty's Light
This post is adapted from remarks offered by Rabbi Jonah Pesner at the No Ban Act press conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 1
Election Results in Israel: What Do They Mean for Reform Jews?
Last week, Israelis re-elected Benjamin Netanyahu to an unprecedented fifth term as prime minister. What does his re-election mean for Reform Jews?
Host a More Welcoming Seder with This Potato Kugel - Yes, Really!
My recipe for a delicious potato kugel is a delicious, unique way to introduce your guests to the sacred Passover meal.
4 Experiments that Celebrate How Our Teens Gather
The URJ has launched four experiments to celebrate how teens gather and lead; the experiments' early lessons will help us deepen the impact of these endeavors.
Let My Popcorn Go: Rethinking Passover’s Forbidden Foods
Jews, our rabbi insisted, have a duty to resist this mistaken and harmful tradition by making it a point to eat kitniyot on Passover.
Listen Up: An Israeli Election Recap and Breakdown with Rabbi Josh Weinberg
Rabbi Josh Weinberg breaks down the parties, the leaders, the possible coalitions, and the complexity of Israel’s recent election, offering insight into the electoral process
My (Privileged) Struggle to Find Meaning in Jewish Peoplehood
Weeks after I prayed at the Western Wall at the start of the new Hebrew month of Adar II, I still struggle to find meaning in the concept of Jewish peoplehood.
Mourning the Fire at Notre Dame: A Rabbi's Perspective
In March 2012, I visited Paris in my capacity as then-president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ). I’d just attended the European Union for Progressive Judaism’s convention in Amsterdam.