5 Vibrant Additions to Your Campus High Holidays Experience
How do you make college High Holiday services and programs engaging, welcoming, and meaningful? Here are five tips.
Will Borscht Ever Remind My Kids of Me?
My kids would rather starve than eat a blintz or other food with roots in the shtetls of Eastern Europe. They’ll have to find other ways to connect to their Jewish past.
Oui, Paris: My Adventures in the City of Lights
During my recent sabbatical, my husband and I traveled to France, where we explored all facets of Progressive Jewish life in the City of Lights.
Israel: There Must Be Another Way
For those of us who believe that, while Israel should be a “nation like all the other nations,” it should somehow not be too much like all the others.
Welcoming the Stranger: Is a Future in Israel a Sure Thing?
When Usumain arrived in Israel after years of searching for a safe place to call home, he was desperately in need of a country that would open its arms to him.
The How-To’s of Starting with Why
Eager to know why our congregation exists, I posed these questions to my board: Why did you join Shir Ami? Why do you remain a member? What could Shir Ami do better?
Lessons from Camp Newman About Your Congregation’s “Why”
In today’s world, congregations’ mission statements have to include a clear statement of why we need worship, education, and a communal Reform Jewish experience.
Engaging Madrichim with Meaning and Purpose
Our congregations are looking for insights about madrichim programs, and how synagogues can best engage teens as classroom helpers. We can help.
Loving Israel, Even When Israel's Government Doesn't Show Love for Jews Like Me
This is not a eulogy. I have not changed my belief in and love for Israel, nor have I given up hope for its future.
How One Israeli Organization is Fighting a 5-Year-Old Boy's Deportation
His world was turned upside down after his parents divorced. His father left Israel - and because his mother was no longer married to an Israeli, she was ordered to leave the country.