An Ode to the Tastes of Home
One smell always takes me home: Montreal smoked meat. Smoky, salty, peppered, and spicy, the marbled charcuterie draws me in like nothing else.
Kits for Kids: A Tikkun Olam Project for the Whole Synagogue
Kits for Kids provides local children with a little something they can call their own and a starter kit to help them through a difficult period of transition.
How to Cultivate an Innovative Congregational Mindset
Where business goes, the Jewish community has followed, with many suggesting that Jewish organizations and institutions, too, face a choice to innovate or die.
Urgency of Now: Join the National Immigrant Justice Campaign
There are currently over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, many of whom came to this country in hopes of providing a better life for themselves and their families, to reunite with loved ones or to escape persecution in their home countries.
How Jewish Volunteering Helped Me Find the Center of Importance in My Life
Being a 21st-century Jewish leader certainly comes with its challenges - but it's worth it.
10 Ways to Create a Welcoming Culture in Your Congregation
Leaders at almost every synagogue would say their congregation strives to be a welcoming community. The challenge, of course, is how to put that into practice.
A Bridge to Coming Forward and a Pathway to Citizenship: DREAMers, DACA and the Bridge Act
The rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric has the potential for serious policy ramifications.
6 Things You Didn't Know About the Six-Day War
In telling the story of the Six-Day War, there are anomalies that have faded into the recesses of memory. They're worth reviving to deepen our understanding of an event that changed Jewish history.
New Developments Further Challenge the Application of the Death Penalty
How does a state that has not executed a single prisoner since 2005 end up scheduling eight executions and carrying out four of them in ten days?
How My Congregation Acts as a Family for Older Members without Relatives
Our synagogue runs a group for temple members aged 48 and up who are anticipating – or already experiencing – the challenges of growing older without family to rely upon for practical and emotional support.