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Getting Your Rosh Hashanah On

Not to alarm you or anything, but the High Holidays are coming up. My fam and I haven’t figured out ...

You may say she’s a dreamer

Today’s Jewel of Elul is written by philanthropist/superwoman Lynn Schusterman. She writes about dreaming big.Being a philanthropist, I am constantly ...

Todd & God is Back

Now it’s for real. We’ve got the new episode of MyJewishLearning’s The Adventures of Todd & God up and ready ...

Spectacles of Devotion: Ani vs. Adi

I love listening to songs first thing in the morning. I have a habit of waking up in a very ...

Rock the Vote 5769!

These Presidential elections sure do go on for a while.  Sometimes, I say, “Why can’t the US just be like ...

Judgment Day

It’s the month of Elul, the time when we begin the introspection that culminates with the High Holidays. So I ...

Jews at the Games

Here’s a list of all of the Jewish athletes at the 2008 Summer Games, many of whom joined Israeli President ...

Tisha B’Av in NYC

For those of you in New York City, the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning will be holding its annual ...

A Vow for the Nine Days: ‘Fess Up

One of the customary practices in these nine days is the avoidance of meat: it’s the way we commemorate the ...

Making Two Holidays Work

Growing up in the South, I was always amazed that some schools and institutions closed on the High Holidays or ...

The Pursuit of Happiness

This week Newsweek features an article called “Does Having Kids Make You Happy?”The author gives a list of experts, surveys, ...

Studying Tikkun Olam

From our friends at Jspot.org: Just in time for Shavuot, Jewish Funds for Justice has released a study guide on ...