September 2013

Dearest Students,Early on in the academic year (and the Jewish New Year!), I thought it would be a poignant time ...

I recently met a woman who I really liked. We have a lot in common, being  professionally accomplished Jewish women ...

Occasionally, a book about Jewish prayer will tell you that Judaism discourages spontaneous prayer. That magic of Jewish prayer, the ...

Today’s reflective post comes from Education Fellow Lex Rofes.The end of summer can be a whirlwind for ISJL Education Fellows, ...

This past Sunday I convinced my sons to join me out back to put up our Sukkah, ritual dwelling for Sukkot, arguing that ...

“How do I go on?”  I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...

My mother always told us she could do magic. And though my sisters and I were modern children of the ...

Sukkot offers some incredible starting points for discussion. The Sukkot holiday begins tonight and lasts for a week. Among other things, ...

Sukkot was never a big deal for me when growing up. Coming so soon after the pomp and circumstance of ...

The one thing that has really shocked me about my new book is how Jewish it is.I’m a nonobservant Jew, ...