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Queer Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families
I n honor of Father’s/Fathers’ Day, we bring you Gregg Drinkwater’s essay on being a gay dad. You can read ...
Why Time Isn’t Money
We often tend to use the same language for time as we use for money. We “spend” it. We “save” ...
Broken Bundt Chocolate Mousse Trifle
I always advise people never to try new things when you are bringing something or hosting a meal. And what ...
Tammuz: Remembering Our Spiritual Center
How Jewish is the Hebrew Calendar? When we use a Hebrew word to identify a period of time, we may ...
Memorial Day: May Their Memories Be a Blessing
On this Memorial Day, we recall all those who have given their lives defending our freedom.Throughout American history, Jews have ...
A Rabbi Reflects on the Journey Towards Marriage Equality
We in the Jewish community just spent forty-nine days counting the Omer, the period from liberation to revelation, from leaving ...
The Fruitful Bounty of Shavuot and Springtime
Shavuot is a holiday often easily overlooked- many of us may not even realize that it has already passed! Shavuot ...
Mastering the Six Braid Challah
I have spent a long time working on my challah – the consistency, baking time, different flavors. And for me ...
The Torah of Space Exploration
Will humans ever land on Mars? Quite a number of people are trying to make it happen.Buzz Aldrin has just ...
Yoda’s Yiddishkeit: Jewish He Seems, Hmmm?
The month of May, known as “Liberation Month,” contains Cinco de Mayo (celebrating Mexico’s liberating victory over the French in ...
Dairy Queen
Sometimes the most challenging part of being a committed Reform Jew is seeking ways to incorporate Judaism into our home ...
Revealing Jewish Camp
It is interesting that as we are in the final countdown to Shavuot we start the reading the Book of Numbers. ...