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Flexibility & Adaptability: Making Room to Grow
As part of our summer blog series on 21st Century Skills, we are featuring personal stories from camp alumni and ...
Sheet Pan Chimichurri Cod with Potatoes and Squash Recipe
I come from a family of hunters and gatherers, and the younger generations are no exception. My grandfather owned and ...
Settling In, Still Unsettled: Early Southern Shabbat Reflections
Ever since I was in elementary school, I have always had a strong connection to prayer. On Friday nights during ...
What Should Be At the Top of Your Pre-Wedding To-Do List?
There I was. Twenty years old, newly engaged, and feeling like the luckiest girl in the world! I had a ...
Sharing My Shabbat Table
One of the most empowering things I have done since living on my own as an Orthodox Jewish “single” is ...
How the Unnecessary Became Necessary
I come from a rather Modern Orthodox, Ashkenazi family that is composed mostly of women. The only male in my ...
How to Make Challah: A Step-By-Step Guide for Beginners
Challah is the one bread that you enjoy looking at almost as much as you enjoy eating. This classic eggy, ...
Judaism for Singles or for Families?
I’m getting married next week. Most of the wedding planning is done (but, oy, the table assignments, they continue to ...
Neighbors and Strangers
I received a hate call two weeks ago. It came right after I had had the honor of offering an ...
Our Bat Mitzvah Celebration With The Community
We live in a provincial community in the UK and like in many provincial communities, attitudes towards women’s involvement in ...
How to Make Gravlax
Have you ever made gravlax? If you have, then you know how easy and simple it is. And if you ...
Reimagining A Holocaust Classic
Music and Judaism go hand in hand. Every Shabbat service, lifecycle event, Jewish holiday or Israeli holiday has a specific song ...