2013

By ISJL Education Fellow, Sam KahanDuring the annual ISJL Education Conference, Education Fellows traditionally present some sort of “ schtick ...

Lauri Exley lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, four-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son.It’s February! For some, that means goodbye ...

We are often asked what our favorite thing about camp is. The answers vary: leading Shabbat services, free swim, extra-long ...

Nobody prepares you for those odd, out-of-the-way problems life presents every once in a while. I grapple with one such ...

Zi kholmt – she dreams.In Irena Klepfisz’s remarkable poem, “Etlekhe verter oyf mame-loshn / A few words in the mother tongue,” the speaker ...

What’s Jewish about… The N’awlins phrase “Where Y’At?” Eating cheese grits soufflé in Alexandria, Louisiana? Cheering “Roll Tide” on Wednesday, ...

The three of us waited expectantly and somewhat nervously in the seminar room, wondering why we had been summoned by ...

This update comes to us from AmeriCorps member Gernelle Nelson. For her year of national service, she’s working in the Community ...

I have a confession to make: I know very little about the African-American experience.There. I’ve said it.Just over fourteen percent ...

“Jews are dogs, killers of Christ!”The shouts came from an irate woman as I was walking into one of our ...