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Schindler’s List: Separating Truth from Fiction
In 2017, the 25th anniversary re-release of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List reignited both criticism and praise for the Oscar-winning film. A story in the Forward titled “What’s Wrong with ‘Schindler’s List?’ Kind of a Lot” revived the main complaint of the movie’s detractors.
What Holocaust Survivors Can Teach Us About Overcoming Trauma
When Holocaust survivors tried to tell their stories, most people – even therapists – would not listen to or believe them. The consequences have been multigenerational.
What Do Shabbat and Social Justice Have in Common?
Rabbi Jonah Pesner would argue that ultimately Shabbat is a call to action, read why.
How to Create a Meaningful Shabbat Experience at Home
As the pandemic continues, we’re all used to life spent mostly at home, even on Shabbat. Here are a few ways you can make the most of Shabbat and feel like part of a larger Jewish community – even when you can’t be with them in person.
How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life
Not in her wildest dreams, could Marilyn Paul have imagined that she would ever take a day off every week to calm her soul, and write a book about it. Learn her story.
Stories We Tell: The Spoonful of Oil
There was a young man who wanted to learn the secret of happiness. He sought out the advice of a wise man, who was too busy to talk with him at that moment but gave him a task: walk around and carry a spoon with two drops of oil and be careful to not let them spill. Listen to find out how this seemingly strange assignment taught the boy an important lesson.
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Baking Challah is How I "Do Jewish" in a Tangible Way
Challah is one of the ways I “do” Judaism in a tangible way, my attempt at hidur mitzvah (beautifying the fulfillment of the commandment). Personalizing mitzvot is a way all of us can approach and enrich our connections to Judaism.
Shabbat: A Radical Jewish Notion
In six steps, God takes the world from utter chaos to exquisite organization and then stops to rest. This is an example for all of us to follow.
Torah Cannot be Torah Without Us
Torah cannot be Torah without us; it needs us. Therefore, we must read it, we must study it, we must discuss it and debate it. We must carry it. We must dance among its verses, discovering ourselves in its chapters.
Three Radical Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. and How to Honor His Full Legacy
On MLK Jr. Day, we often see a sanitized, nonconfrontational version of King that is far from the radical activist who was reviled during his time for his justice work.