A Letter to My Campers After Parkland
My hope for you is that your schools will feel as safe as your camp cabins. I want you to be able to run, laugh, play, learn, and grow as freely as you could at camp, where your biggest fear is falling and skinning your knee. I want you to not have to question whether or not the next time you talk to your friends will be the last time you’re able to. I want you to be active and engaged citizens, like we teach you to be at camp, but I want you to do this out of a desire for good, not out of trauma and necessity. Most importantly, I want you to just be kids. I want you to not have to worry. I want you to have a childhood that lasts as long as possible, free from fear, free from pain, and free to always be as happy as you are at 201 Camp Coleman Drive.
How We Can Channel Purim’s Giving Spirit all Year Long
At the end of M’gillat Esther, the Jewish people celebrate their survival with merrymaking, feasting, and sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
7 Decades of Innovation in Israel: Computers and Software Technologies
During the 1960s, Israeli scientists laid the groundwork that would enable its institutions and hi-tech companies to flourish, creating a global center for innovation.
How Purim Can Fill an Emotional Need for Connection
I love the idea that one of the things we try to do on Purim is increase connection and friendship – and sending gift baskets is the perfect way to do that!
Transforming Judgment and Mercy
Earlier this week, I testified in front of the Ohio state Senate Judiciary committee. Speaking on behalf of Reform Ohio, I represented clergy who serve more than 43,000 Jews in 34 synagogues in every corner of the state.
NFTY Teens Made History in Tallahassee – We’re Not Done Yet
We will tell our grandchildren about this one day, NFTY. What will you be able to say?
Jewish Teens Made History in Tallahassee – and We're Not Done Yet
I hope you saw the news stories about buses of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, making their way to Florida’s Capitol to plead with their legislators about preventing gun violence.
I'm a Jewish Teacher Who Will Never Carry a Gun
I’m a teacher who has enjoyed shooting sports – but, no. I will never carry a weapon in a classroom.
State of the Unions: the Supreme Court Case that Could Permanently Change Unions
On Monday, February 26, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of Janus v.
This Shabbat, We Remember Those Lives Lost to Gun Violence
This Shabbat, we say Mourner's Kaddish for all those lives lost to gun violence thus far in 2018.