May 2015

The Dangers of Winning the Lottery

 Every once in a while we hear a story about a lottery winner whose fate takes a drastic turn for ...

Everything is Awe-Some

The next time you are in New York, make sure you go to the Hayden Planetarium. Along with fantastic exhibitions and ...

My Jewish Camp Group’s 27-Year-Reunion (Or, “How My Husband Finally ‘Got’ My Jewish Camp Obsession”)

Growing up in Texas, I started attending Greene Family Camp in 1980. I was one of those camp kids: Greene ...

Finding My Voice Through the Book of Ruth

I have always fancied myself as a feminist. When I was in primary school, I remember arguing with one of ...

Jewish Pirates and Other Treasures

It’s the end of the summer, and my children are educating me about Jewish pirates.“They lived in the Caribbean in ...

It’s Wedding Season!

As May rolls along, one thing is very clear: wedding season is here.With so many positive steps towards marriage equality ...

You Care More About Winning Than You Do About Our Children!

I felt like I was a character in a movie I was warned not to see. The parent on the ...

Fellow Farewell: Allison’s Adventures

This is the second in a series of four farewell posts from the ISJL’s 2013-2015 Education Fellows, who will all begin ...

Crossing the Bridge

We are walking along a busy, suburban street that runs mostly parallel to the highway connecting our town to the ...

My First Aliyah L’Torah

Partnership minyans are a relatively new phenomenon in our part of northwest London, so when one started around the corner ...