2013
The Nuts and Bolts of Writing
Quite recently, someone asked me about my “process.” This someone wasn’t asking about the creative parts—the meandering through the dark, ...
On Pesach, you are not alone.
Passover has always been my favorite holiday. I love the foods, seeing my family and my friends who are normally ...
The Kavannah for Gay Ordination
On March 26, 2007, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the legal and spiritual center for Conservative Judaism in America, ...
Learning to Breathe
I needed something. Everyone was dying. Or at least a lot of people were dying and it felt like everyone ...
Change from the Balcony
Today’s post features more Jewish history from Kentucky, the most recent state completed in our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. When ...
Wicked Son: “Because I knew you…”
We had reached one of those loaded moments in our family Passover seder where all my acumen as a parent, ...
Precious Haroset
I am bored to death, dying of starvation and on the brink of losing my mind at Passover dinner at my father’s ...
Happy Passover, Y’all!
Sending wishes for joyful seders and a sweet Pesach , whether you’re celebrating in the South, North, East, or West! ...
Timely Growth
Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow is the Director of Jewish Education at the Foundation for Jewish Camp.I am excited. Tonight we ...
Keeping Safe Spaces Safe
“If it doesn’t bring more love into the world, it probably isn’t religion.” The date was October 13, 2010, and ...