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Getting to Know Camp: Printable Hebrew Flashcards
One of the many reasons Jewish camp is special is the use of Hebrew to identify buildings and spaces.
Packing for Jewish Camp: 10 Tips
Here are ten great tips for getting your camper packed and ready to go!
Streaming into the New Year
Last Rosh HaShanah morning, I was forced to admit it: my bronchitis was too severe to allow me to make the evening rounds of dinner and services. But the thought of missing the first of the High Holiday services was as distressing to me as my coughing and wheezing.
Judaica Papercut
Using a sharp penknife, folded paper, coins for circles, and free-hand cutting, my paternal great-grandfather Israel Tzvi Mannesovits made this papercut in 1928. What might this papercut be worth?
Lost & Found: An Animator's Tale
I was two-and-a-half when my parents packed our few possessions and moved from a kibbutz on the banks of the Sea of Galilee to the promised land of New Jersey - where my father, a nuclear physicist, aspired to become a millionaire.
What Your Heart Can Teach You
It is said that we humans can't understand the meaning of our lives any better than fish in an aquarium can understand their own. Confined to our own environment, we cannot escape to an outside vantage point from which to look onto and make sense of our existence. Still, we humans do have an advantage over the fish. We come equipped with another way of knowing: through the heart.
Quiz: What Do You Know...about Synagogues?
Do you know as much about synagogues as you think you do? Take the quiz. 1. According to Jewish tradition, which of these features is necessary in order for a building to be considered a synagogue? a. Carpet b. A window c. Pews d. A good sound system 2. Where are the Torah scrolls kept? a.
The Talmud & the Twitterverse
At the time of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, authorship of the tradition was in the hands of the learned elite. All of that changed after the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 C.E.
Invasion of the Machines
Wendy Mogel is a clinical psychologist, international lecturer, and author of two parenting books, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B Minus. She was interviewed by the RJ editors. Why are young children so mesmerized by computer technology?
Nation of Innovation: Ecotourism
Israel is now a world leader in green innovation, conservation, and environmental sustainability-and many of the initiatives are open to all of us to see and experience