Denominations

Jewish and GLBT – the borders are shifting

Last Shabbat, the guest speaker at my congregation, B’nai Israel in Bridgeport, CT, was Rabbi Andrea Myers, author of a ...

Silence and Slavery

My daughter sings in the choir at her Jewish high school.  Only her mother can attend the annual concert. I ...

Engaging our Teens

At Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT, I’m blessed with a class of almost 30 eighth graders and we meet weekly ...

A Tale of Two Havdalot

So there we were this past Saturday evening, some 500 people strong, many arm in arm, singing the la, la ...

Are E-Books Kosher?

The post previously appeared on the MyJewishLearning/Jewish Book Council blog.Earlier this week, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing, the meaning behind ...

Secrets of an Orthodox Matchmaker

Chana Rachel Frumin is the director and founder of the Jerusalem Narrative Family Therapy Institute, where she is a marriage ...

Isaac Harby

Isaac Harby petitioned his synagogue for changes in the Shabbat service, introducing a spirit of reform in American Judaism.