Partner Blogs

One of the foundational ideas behind the ISJL is that mid-size and large congregations should build connections to smaller Jewish ...

Purim 2013 is on its way! Starting the evening of Saturday, February 23rd, the holiday that celebrates the clever salvation ...

Pope Benedict says that he’ll be stepping down at the end of February. It’s been 600 years since a sitting ...

Well, that was an unexpected weekend! For those of you who do not live in the Northeast, we just got ...

In my first novel, I wrote from the point of view of a Nazi. In my new novel, The Wanting , ...

Should rabbis talk about Israel? In years past, Israel was a subject which united people. You could always count on ...

Miriam Shwartz, along with her husband, Gilad, is the co-director of JCC Ranch Camp in Colorado’s Black Forest.My first and ...

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

By ISJL Education Fellow, Sam KahanDuring the annual ISJL Education Conference, Education Fellows traditionally present some sort of “ schtick ...

Lauri Exley lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, four-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son.It’s February! For some, that means goodbye ...

We are often asked what our favorite thing about camp is. The answers vary: leading Shabbat services, free swim, extra-long ...

Nobody prepares you for those odd, out-of-the-way problems life presents every once in a while. I grapple with one such ...

Zi kholmt – she dreams.In Irena Klepfisz’s remarkable poem, “Etlekhe verter oyf mame-loshn / A few words in the mother tongue,” the speaker ...

What’s Jewish about… The N’awlins phrase “Where Y’At?” Eating cheese grits soufflé in Alexandria, Louisiana? Cheering “Roll Tide” on Wednesday, ...

The three of us waited expectantly and somewhat nervously in the seminar room, wondering why we had been summoned by ...