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Got Gelt?
What’s your way of giving tzedakah?Our friends at American Jewish World Service are launching an exciting new project. Where Do ...
People First
It’s been an interesting couple of months here in New Jersey. First, in August, an earthquake rocked us, and while ...
The Jewish Message
Earlier this week, Tom Fields-Meyer wrote about reading and thinking about books and took a look at autism and God. He has been ...
Ten Hours in the Life of a Rabbi Without Borders
Twenty early morning souls relax into the padded cushions that line the basement of the Washington Center for Consciousness Studies. I ...
A Sukkah Occupies Wall Street
This was a post that previous appeared on the MyJewishLearning/Jewish Book Council blog. As I write this blog post, I ...
Halloween, Brooklyn Style
So yesterday was Halloween, a holiday that causes me no end of consternation.You know how the Official Jewish Community is always ...
We Have a Winner
Thank you to everyone who entered our High Holiday Photo contest. We were on the hunt for great pictures of ...
She-mix-ni Atzeret
Tonight starts Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, the final round of Jewish holidays — for this month, anyway! Here’s a ...
A Sukkah Occupies Wall Street
Earlier this week, Rabbi Jill Jacobs wrote about Sukkot and social justice and asked, “Does place matter?“ As I write ...
My Favorite Etrog
Happy Sukkot! This year, I managed to snag a great etrog — my brother-in-law, who’s a rabbinical student, picked it ...
Building a Great House on Sukkot
“We live, each of us, to preserve our fragment, in a state of perpetual regret and longing for a place ...
Sukkot and Social Justice
Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the author of Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On-Guide for Doing Social Justice in Your Jewish Community.My ...