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Summer Camp Circle Game

“And go round and round and round in the circle game…”The words of Joni Mitchell’s classic folk song have been ...

Parashat Devarim: Standing on the Other Side

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Keep the Faith?

A week after coming home from a month in Israel, my soul remains immersed there. The tension in Israel, charged ...

Operation: Understanding – Our History, Our Present

Yesterday, the ISJL hosted students from Operation Understanding, an organization whose mission is to develop a group of young African ...

The Flamingo Rampant Book Club

At Keshet we know how important it is to provide diverse resources for families. Last year we worked with author Elisabeth ...

Teens & Screens Part 1: Raising Smart Cyber-Citizens in Social Media

The following is the first in a three-part series on how to help safely navigate the world of social media ...

Women in Rashi’s Time: It Wasn’t the Dark Ages for Them

On July 27, the 29th of Tammuz, I will observe the 909th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Yizhaki, better known as ...

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 ...

How Did the Jews Become a Global People?

“How did the Jews become a global people?”“They got pushed around a bunch.”“They had to go to different places.”Indeed. Looking ...

Diary of a Camp Meal

Its ribs and wings night.  I’m with my husband and eight month old son for two weeks at the camp ...

What Does Inclusion Look Like?

Last week I stood in a room full of Jewish leaders who made me hopeful about the future of the ...

Moving Mississippi Up

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

Jon Stewart Can’t Talk About Israel, But We Must

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

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Ruth Abusch-Magder Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, PhD. is the Rabbi-in-Residence at Be’chol Lashon and the editor of the blog Tzeh U’llimad. ...

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