How Ritual Got a Bad Rap
Learn what writer, editor, blogger, and professor of liturgy Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman has to say about Jewish ritual and worship.
Kickstarting the Jewish Future With Creativity and Innovation
Learn why Dan Libenson, founder and president of the Institute for the Next Jewish Future, is calling for disruptive innovation in Jewish life.
From a Rabbinic Family Comes a Chef
Learn how Steve Cook, from a family that includes numerous Reform rabbis and Jewish connections, found himself running successful Jewish-influenced restaurants.
A Look Into the Future at Gratitude
Occasionally, you meet someone who changes your life. For me, actor and director Harold Ramis was such a person.
When God Speaks, How Will You Respond?
Visiting Leipzig in 2014, I told of my father’s arrest in that city on Kristallnacht. In the congregation, sat a man with my name with an incredible story about that same night.
Who is a Jew Today? It Depends on Whom You Ask
Aaron Hahn Tapper talks about weaving together the multiple ways Jews identify in terms of culture, ethnicity, nation, nationality, race, religion.
What Do We Really Need for a Prayerful Experience?
On a dance floor blasting ‘80s music, I found a sliver of divine joy. If it was a fraction of what King David felt when he “danced with joy,” it was a heartfelt prayer.
Millennials Ask about Israel: "Is There a Generation Gap When Talking About the Jewish State?”
A millennial asks: Do you think ongoing adult education on Israel differs from the education for the young adult community? Learn one rabbi’s response to this question.
Night of Fire and Glass: A Poem in Memory of Kristallnacht
This poem was written in memory of Kristallnacht (Nov. 9-10, 1938) in honor of those who suffered
My First Haredi Hug: On Making an Unexpected Friend in Israel
My first Yiddish lesson in Israel did not go well - but an unlikely friendship with Yisroel, a Haredi restaurateur, saved the day.