February 2014

Parashat Ki Tissa: Hashem and Equity

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...

With the Sochi Olympics starting today, Rachel Gurevitz takes to the Rabbis Without Borders blog to examine the anti-gay laws currently in place ...

February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), which brings a topic that is very important to us at the Foundation ...

I imagine many of us can remember exactly where we were when we encountered a favorite book—when we felt our ...

Our friends over at JTA are compiling amusing camp anecdotes for an upcoming special package on Jewish camping. From the strangest ...

This blog post was written shortly after Purim 2013. If you’re reading megillah this year and need help learning the ...

The more I read and learn about what has been happening in Russia, the more I am afraid for its ...

Silence and lies. These are your choices when you’re in the closet. When your friends start talking about crushes, hot ...

Hear from more LGBTQ clergy, including Ariel Naveh, on the Keshet blog. Reading Ariel Naveh’s two-part story on the Keshet blog about ...

When I first read Chaim Potok’s The Chosen I wasn’t yet trying to be a writer myself, and was blissfully ...