Partner Blogs

Part of the observance of Shavuot, the traditional spring harvest holiday, is the celebration of the bikkurim, the first fruits ...

At the Passover Seder we have the Four Children, so it seems only right that on Mother’s Day we should ...

It’s hard to believe that we’re now less than 50 days away from the start of another summer!  Many campers ...

My new book,  The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat and a Murder in ...

Remember the bedtime story about the sly wolf propped up in Red Riding Hood’s grandmother’s bed? Little boys must have ...

“There will be no poor among you…” – Deut. 15:4Last night I was stranded in a Mercedes E Class in ...

After my son, Jonah, was born, our family – Jonah, my wife, Cynthia, and I – became a self-sufficient little ...

Last month, shortly before the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, my wife, Ann, and I took a tour of Terezín, the fortress ...

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

The holiday of Shavuot demonstrates a method of gift giving that we may want to deploy when thinking about advancing ...

Last week, in my role as a teacher of Judaism, I had four magnificent teaching experiences. The kind that leave ...

This third in a series of four blog entries, “Why Camp?” will examine some of the benefits that Jewish residential ...

By Education Fellow Rachel Blume“Office was destroyed. Walking to hospital with Mom. Can’t find your brother.”I received this text message ...

I have been fortunate to be on faculty for something called The Cornerstone Fellowship for the Foundation for Jewish Camp.  ...

In  Relational Judaism , I report six case studies of organizations and individuals doing cutting-edge work in creating relational communities. Chabad is numero ...