January 2016

Bat Mitzvah as Rite of Passage into Self and Community

My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...

In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...

I spent the evening of November 3rd weeping. I’d been teaching Tony Kushner’s Angels in America to my high school ...

“People from the United Church of Canada like to hug,” said my friend B.I filed this random fact away under ...

This February, for the first time ever, the ISJL is hosting a reunion of all of the alumni of our ...

Jews are a People of the Book; Jews also are a People of the Song. In fear, poverty, war and exile, song packed light and ...

Before January passes us by… have you taken some time for introspection?If not — or if you could use a ...

I have a new favorite TV show: “Once Upon a Time.” I’m late to the game — it’s currently in its ...

I am learning the laws of niddah, laws that relate to menstruation and sexuality, with a group of women. It has ...

This year Tu Bishvat begins at sundown on January 24, 2016. May the holiday be a catalyst in bringing your ...