September 2013

Recipes & Discussion for Sukkot

By now you’ve hopefully  eaten a good Rosh Hashana meal, had a meaningful Yom Kippur fast, looked at your watch ...

My Virtual Rosh Hashanah Experience

I’m thankful for the internet everyday. I’m thankful when it guides me to a new restaurant, tells me the score ...

Who Wrote the Story of Abraham and Isaac?

  “I didn’t think he’d do it. I really didn’t think he would.” That’s how I open my book, with ...

Reflections After Our Camp Nearly Burned Down

Shanah Tova from the Ranch Camp! We wish your family a year full of happiness, health, and fulfillment.The High Holiday ...

What We Can Learn from the Rich Symbolism of Sukkot

There are more spiritually resonant symbols associated with the Festival of Sukkot than with any other major Jewish holiday. On ...

Summer Lovin’ – Amanda & Adam

AMANDA SAGARIN & ADAM THOMASHOW When/how/where at camp did you meet? Adam and I knew each other in high school, ...

Yom Kippur in Vicksburg and Longview

This Yom Kippur, the ISJL’s Rabbi Marshal Klaven and Rabbi Matt Dreffin will return to the communities where they spent ...

In praise of the boring

I admit that I’ve never been particularly hip.Even as a teenager, at best I was probably pretty geeky, and what’s ...

Shipwrecked with God

Communities, institutions, families and friendships create a sense of common identity, a sense of “we.” Since no two people – ...

Understanding Genesis 22: God and Child Sacrifice

Like many people I know, I first heard the story of Abraham and Isaac as a child. I couldn’t have been older ...