How Summer Camp Helps Create Communally Engaged Jews
When big news develops during camp, campers and staff have space to explore the issues and share perspectives openly in communities of mutual Jewish concern.
Mishkan HaLev: Trying Out the New Selichot Service
Selichot is the overture for our High Holidays, a chance to focus on meaning, tradition, faith, and striving to reach that spot in the heart where no one else can go.
Wrestling with God’s Violent and Destructive Hand
In this week’s parashah, even as one of God's hands reaches out to liberate the Jews, God's other, largely invisible hand brings death and plagues upon the Egyptians.
All Places are Holy and No Place is Holy
Reform Judaism is playing a key role in efforts to reclaim something that has for too long been seen as the exclusive preserve of the Orthodox.
The Summer Gift of Hevreh, Bringing Jewish Movements Together
Our movements would benefit from more time spent together. It’d be a shame to miss out on the learning and the humanity from each other's communities.
A Shabbat So Special It Comes Only Every Two Years
Want to know what to expect during Shabbat at the URJ Biennial? Here's a sneak peek.
How Our Son Put the Mitzvah in His Bar Mitzvah
We spent two hours doing a mitzvah project together before our synagogue social hall was transformed from an assembly line into a festive New Year’s Eve party.
5 Important Facts to Know About Millennials, Jewish and Otherwise
Jewish leaders capable of making change in their communities should know the following about the millennial generation.
The Risk of Endangered Species Act Reform
In 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law.
Celebrating My Dad at 95 and His Courage During World War II
When I was little, my dad tucked me in at night and took me to the beach. Little did I know that he had helped save Hungarian Jews during World War II.