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Jews Don’t Believe in Birthdays but in Saving Lives

My husband does not do birthdays. When I first met him over 20 years ago, this truly puzzled me. Birthdays ...

“Where do we start?”That’s a question I hear often from groups of people seeking to make an impact in their ...

Jon Stewart, in his July 21 episode of The Daily Show, viscerally demonstrated what many of us, I am sure, ...

I used to think that there were two different mindsets when it came to living Jewishly: the experience of those ...

On the first day of “The History of the Jews in Eastern Europe,” my college professor explained the tension between ...

“Look… a Jewish home!”As a small child, I found mezuzah spotting to be a very exciting game. We were the only ...

The context was a class on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago. I had finished the presentation by mentioning some ...

I am back from Israel after three wonderful, sometimes challenging weeks. And while I am not missing the sirens the ...

In our corner of the world, Temple Sinai of New Orleans and The St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church have been ...

When I was young, I was drawn to the study of Torah as a way to get closer to God ...

Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th is a fast day in Jewish tradition. It is called the 17th of Tammuz, named after ...

Let’s make a new Jewish holiday.Wait…what?Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. When I opened a recent daily e-mail from The ...