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18 Tourist Destinations in Israel: A Guide for Travelers
If you’ll be in Israel this summer, consider adding some of these cultural, religious, historical, and natural sites to your itinerary.
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.
What’s Different about High Holidays Challah?
In Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah taught, “If there is no bread, there is no Torah; and if there is no Torah, there is no bread.” I love these words. They echo in my mind when I partake in two of my favorite almost daily activities, the study of Torah and the baking bread. On the holidays, these two passions intersect, as they have for generations of Jews, when I shape challah. The traditional shapes for challot (plural) can be Torah study on our very festival tables.
How to Harness the Healing Power of Forgiveness and Repentance
So how does one begin the process of forgiveness?
RAC-PA Civic Engagement Campaign Resource List
The resources below provide training and support to help you build a civic engagement team and promote voter participation both within your congregation and the wider community.
Download Social Justice Academy Marketing Marketing Materials
Marketing Materials Instructions All graphics and marketing materials for the RAC Social Justice Academy are housed in Swivle, the URJ’s digital content management system. Please use these to spread the word about the Social Justice Academy!
Identifying with Jewish Gratitude Over Jewish Guilt
I aspire to a life of optimism. And perhaps a whole new stereotype for Jewish mothers-in-law in the future. Maybe, as I am dragging my valise to the bus station, I will remember to tell my children how much I appreciate them.
Wholly Jewish: Dara: From Parliament to the Bimah
Hosted by Jewish performance and ritual artist Shira Kline (she/her), a.k.a. ShirLaLa, this season features interviews with LGBTQIA+ Jews from the Union for Reform Judaism's JewV'Nation Fellowship.
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10 Cozy, Cinnamon-Centric Recipes with a Jewish Twist
What’s your autumn flavor of choice? Is it spiced pumpkin, or maybe seasonal apples? How about cozy cinnamon? Here are 10 Jewishly inspired, easy to make, tried-and-true recipes featuring cinnamon that you’re going to love.
Your Guide to Fasting (or Not) on Yom Kippur
For many Jews, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a fasting holiday – a day during which we abstain from eating, drinking, and even brushing our teeth or using perfumes. (Learn more about what we abstain from and why.)