Tu BiSh'vat: A Time to Celebrate Environmental Justice
There are many reasons to celebrate Tu BiSh’vat this year, as this has been an exciting year for environmental justice.
What Should it Mean to Be "The Chosen People"?
With all my heart, I believe God chooses specific individuals for specific tasks - and if individuals can have destinies, why not peoples as a whole?
Rabin's Last Day: The Chasm of Israel’s Own Divide
In the film Rabin, The Last Day, filmmaker Amos Gitai revisits the turbulent political atmosphere in Israel during the Oslo Accords negotiations between the Rabin government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Teen Stress: To What End?
We encourage our youth to be leaders and want them to succeed and excel. But what happens when the stress to achieve takes away the joy from their social lives and their ability to recharge? Should we consider giving our teen campers dedicated time to do SAT prep in summertime?
A New Approach to Camp Recruitment
Our younger youth look up to their older siblings wearing camp t-shirts at the congregational “Camp Shabbat” and wonder – what’s this all about? Learn how one congregation designed an integrated program that gets the kids writing letters home during the school year.
The Hero’s Journey
How can our teens “find themselves”? Read about one congregation’s approach to a service learning journey to Haiti, building homes for the locals, celebrating Shabbat together, and discovering what a transformational Jewish experience can really be.
How to Bring Judaism’s Strength of Spirit to All
I will give them in My house and in My walls a place and a name, better than sons and daughters; an everlasting name I will give him, which will not be discontinued.
Isaiah 56:5
Building on a Successful Year for Paid Sick Days
This week, the city of Spokane, WA became the first locality to pass Paid Sick Day legislation in 2016.
Parashat Yitro and Judicial Discretion
This week’s parshah is Yitro (Jethro), from the Book of Exodus. The parshah opens as Moses, who has brought the Israelites out of Egypt, is visited by his father-in-law, Jethro.