March 2015

Gasping For Air In Israeli Discourse

I love the ocean.  Whether surfing or just playing in the waves, as a native Californian, I feel at home ...

Heather and Her Mommies March into the 21st Century

Heather Has Two Mommies , the first of its kind children’s book about a child of two moms, is celebrating its 25th birthday! ...

15 Ways You Know You Went to Jewish Summer Camp

Get some wacky Jewish fun in your inbox! Sign up for the daily Jewniverse email. 1. Havdalah makes you emotional. Something about a campfire, ...

The Maternity Leave Mitzvah

The details may vary from patient to patient, but the scenario is usually the same. A mother and newborn baby ...

Mensch Madness Game 2: Frogs vs. Pig!

Welcome back to the arena for the second game in our series of Mensch Madness: The Creatures of Judaism. Both ...

Horseradish Harvest: A Passover Gathering

Yesterday at Or Shalom Synagogue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we harvested horseradish from our synagogue garden. We are an ...

Who Speaks for the Jews?

I have sung the song “David Melech Yisrael” thousands of times. It’s easy to learn and fun to sing with ...

Dancing with “The” Truth About Jewish Learning

I am very active personally and professionally in the New Orleans Jewish community. Recently, I began teaching a beginner adult ...

No Time to Lose

The day after the day after the Israeli elections the words of the quintessential Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai come to ...

The Freedom of Now

When does time begin? What does time measure? What came before the beginning? Such mind-bending questions evoke timeless truths especially ...