Rosh Hashanah

What “Those Jews” Really Need

Throughout the high holiday season, we think a lot about judgment. It’s a heavy word, and also a word that ...

I think everyone has their favorite holiday—you know, the holiday that gets you giddy and excited. And my favorite Jewish ...

I wasn’t at The People’s Climate March in New York on Sunday. I wanted to be, but I was, instead, ...

My niece just started Hebrew School. As someone who didn’t have a formal Jewish education as a kid, I’m pretty ...

My mother was born in Germany in 1939. She grew up there, emigrating to the United States in 1968, after ...

The images of the secular New Year—Times Square, Champagne in fancy glasses, funny hats and noisemakers—are all fun and happy. ...

Change is difficult. It can only happen when we reflect on the present and imagine different possibilities for going forward. ...

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...

The buses have rolled away, the bags are unpacked, the phone calls between your campers and their friends are sending ...

One of my family’s favorite Sarah Silverman routines plays on the Jewish habit of always claiming one of our own: ...

After nine years as a camper and counselor at Massad Bet (of blessed memory), and one year as the Program ...