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The Foundation for Jewish Camp is dedicated to building leaders and amplifying Jewishness. While the Cornerstone Fellowship is about building ...

Near the beginning of the movie Men in Black, Will Smith‘s character is being tested to see if he has ...

Recently someone called me a libtarded b—- in the course of a Facebook discussion regarding the president’s executive order reinstating ...

This Shabbat we celebrate the New Moon of Shevat, the beginning of the Hebrew month in which the world begins ...

The final process of converting to Judaism is to meet with the beit din (a rabbinic “court” of three learned Jews, ...

“Raise game.” When I began rabbinical school, a friend of mine who was already ordained offered me these two words ...

Recently I had the privilege of participating in the Southern Jewish Historical Society Conference in Natchez, MS, organized by the ...

What does it mean to be part of a social change movement?I recently was privileged to learn first-hand one way ...

Late this past fall, I received a special invitation in my inbox. Surrounded by bright pink, blue and yellow polka dots, ...

Saturday January 20, 2017: Today, I’m committed to reading the Torah’s story about the seven women who give life to ...

In 1990, when I was 12 years old, I moved to Durham, NC, a smallish Southern college town. The Durham Jewish ...

Over the summer, I traveled to Greenville, Mississippi for one of my Education Fellow visits to Hebrew Union Congregation. Before ...

Be quiet and listen. Just listen. The voices of the American people are crying out to you. Some are rejoicing. ...

For some people, fitting into the status quo is soothing, comforting, peaceful. Not for me. For me, seeking a life ...

What does it take to be a “player” in Jewish life? No, not that kind of “player.” I mean, what ...