Friendship

Gaining Furniture, Losing Fear: A Story of Philo-Semitism

When I first told people that I was moving to Mississippi to work for a Jewish organization, I received a ...

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 ...

15 Ways You Know You Went to Jewish Summer Camp

Get some wacky Jewish fun in your inbox! Sign up for the daily Jewniverse email. 1. Havdalah makes you emotional. Something about a campfire, ...

Once A Fellow, Always a Fellow

Recently, I was sitting in my office listening to a Hanukkah mix on Spotify (one of the many reasons that I ...

Those Pesky Post-Summer Camp Blues

I have a confession to make: I am deep in the middle of post-summer camp blues. Campers and staff, and ...

Reflecting to Look Forward

The summer Torah portion, Matot, opens with Moses giving the following instructions to the Israelite tribal heads: “If a man ...

Please Consider My Case

“You’ll see, he won’t want to leave in the end,” my wife, Cynthia, said. “He’s going to have the time ...

Operation: Understanding – Our History, Our Present

Yesterday, the ISJL hosted students from Operation Understanding, an organization whose mission is to develop a group of young African ...

Teens & Screens Part 1: Raising Smart Cyber-Citizens in Social Media

The following is the first in a three-part series on how to help safely navigate the world of social media ...

Cold Feet

Later this month, my fifteen-year-old son, Jonah, is off to Camp B’Nai Brith (CBB) in the Laurentians, about an hour ...