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A couple of years ago, after several years of trying to get all the way through the counting of the ...

Creating inclusive Jewish spaces is a great goal — but how do you do it? While the answer is likely ...

By Education Fellow Amanda WinerThe title of this post sounds like a Broadway song, doesn’t it?It actually describes a recent ...

Yesterday I wrote that my novel,  The Golem and the Jinni , is “pretty darn Jewish.” In truth, that’s only ...

One of the most life-changing lessons a child can learn at camp is how to overcome fears.  Whether your camper ...

Years ago, a Jewish woman, a 15-year survivor of cancer, came to me with a confession. “Rabbi,” she said, “When ...

My first summer home was Camp Edward Isaacs (aka Eddie I) in Holmes, NY.  I started going there because my ...

Whenever I get ready to go on a long research trip, I put together a detailed itinerary, listing each library, ...

When I started looking through the extensive and awe-inspiring Visiting Scribe archives, one theme kept popping out at me: the perennial ...

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

A week filled with senseless public events is a good week to look for meaning.Rabbi Rachel Barenblat found meaning in ...

In 2011, I was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Thanks to this honor, I was invited ...

Rebecca Leibowitz works at the Foundation for Jewish Camp.It is my first summer at camp. I am 5 inches taller, ...

According to Jewish Law it is the practice to refrain from getting married between Passover and Shavuot – until Lag B’Omer ...

[Editor’s Note: This post is not our typical “Southern & Jewish” fare; one of our contributors, Rabbi Marshal Klaven, wanted ...