2013
Prozdor Heads South: Teens Tour the Southern Jewish World
Over the last few months, I had the pleasure of working to put together a Southern Jewish Heritage tour for a ...
Why Camp?
Jamie Simon and Aaron Mandel are the director and assistant director (respectively) of Camp Tawonga in Groveland, CA. This first ...
Why it Matters that Marshall was Never Nominated for the Supreme Court
The main challenge I faced when preparing a biography of Louis Marshall stemmed from the gap between the perceptual confidence that characterizes ...
Why “The Purim Superhero” is the Book I’ve Been Waiting For
I’ve always believed quite firmly that what is on our kids’ bookshelves, and what we, parents and children together, share ...
Purim in Hollywood, FL with Almost 150 Women
For the women of Hollywood Florida, the Women’s Megillah reading is a highlight in our spiritual lives. This year almost ...
Potluck Minyan in Brooklyn Hosts its 6th Megillah Reading
I took a deep breath and looked around the room. There were more faces looking back at me than I ...
Autism, Camp, and the Power of Friendship
Rabbi Isaac Saposnik is the director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.Two summers ago, I met David for the ...
Transforming the Magical
We were sitting in an upscale café in Northern Tel Aviv waiting to meet with Knesset member Yitzchak “Bougie” Herzog. ...
Is “Gimme” the most important prayer?
A few days ago, I stumbled across a terrific quote, which I eventually tracked down to a New York Times ...
Can Israel Help American Jews Recall Their Own Forgotten Heroes?
Now that my previous blog established to everyone’s complete satisfaction that Louis Marshall ought to be considered a paramount figure in the ...