June 2015
A Bat Mitzvah Gives Voice to a Woman in Science
While the model is generally that students learn from teachers, yesterday I was reminded that teachers learn from students as ...
The Three People Touched by Death
In this week’s Torah portion, Hukkat, Israel is given an interesting law. We are commanded to give a perfectly red ...
Five Things that Happened at Jewish Camp this Week
1. Capital Camps wanted to make sure that their CEO was ready to be the camp director this year and knew ...
In Honor of Father’s Day: Stories From & About Fathers
In honor of Father’s Day we’re sharing three of our favorite stories about and from Jewish fathers.A Story of Fatherhood: ...
Forfeiting the Right to Worship God in Charleston and Everywhere #blacklivesmatter
This past Thursday morning was a hard day to wake up to. It was a hard day for all who ...
The Steampunk Coffee… Synagogue
Editor’s Note: This is the blog we had scheduled to run today: a lovely piece about any gathering place becoming ...
Reb Zalman Was A Gracious Man
We are only a few days shy of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s first yahrtzeit, and I miss him. To honor him ...
The Growth and Development of an Independent, Observant Minyan
Kol Sasson Congregation was founded in Skokie, Illinois in 2003 as a Shira Hadasha-style minyan. At first, we met on ...
The Road to Pride: Supporting My Transgender Daughter
My newly turned 12-year-old child walks into the room trembling and crying.This is going to be huge. I wondered if ...
A Vision Of Judaism For My Newborn Daughter
This past week my wife and I were blessed to welcome our fourth child into this world. There are so ...