Partner Blogs
Rebirth
“And I want to say something to you on this day, the Ninth of Av: Those who will succeed in ...
Our Good Friends the Essermans
Earlier this week, Melissa Fay Greene wrote about the adoption of her daughter, Helen, from Ethiopia, and telling jokes at ...
Different Jokes for Different Folks
On Monday, Melissa Fay Greene shared the story behind the adoption of her daughter, Helen, from Ethiopia. She has been ...
Raising an Ethiopian Jewish Child in Georgia
Melissa Fay Greene is the author of No Biking in the House Without a Helmet. She will be blogging all ...
Wise Fridays: How Strong is Your Love?
“When our love was strong, we could have made our bed on the blade of a sword. Now that our ...
Improving Moral Vocabulary
Eric Greitens is the author of The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a ...
The Strength of Judiasm. The Courage of Social Justice.
Eric Greitens‘ most recent book, The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy ...
An Empty Mental Space
Earlier this week, Dr. Erica Brown asked, “What are the Three Weeks, anyway?”, and wrote about learning to mourn. Her new book, ...
Learning to Mourn
On Monday, Dr. Erica Brown asked, “What are the Three Weeks, anyway?” She will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning ...
Peaches in Australia
This is awesome: Aaron Feiglin, a farmer in rural Australia (and the son of one of the first Jewish settlers ...
In Defense of Tzedakah
In this post-Hebrew Hammer world of kitscharama, Jews have their own version of pretty much everything — from Jewish delis ...
Standing on Masada
The REALITY Israel Experience is a unique leadership development opportunity for selected Teach For America corps members to spend 10 ...
What Are the Three Weeks, Anyway?
Dr. Erica Brown is the author of In the Narrow Places, a daily meditation for each day of the Three Weeks. ...
Wise Fridays: Bread and Torah
“Where there is no food there is no Torah; and where there is no Torah there is no food.” — ...
Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Houses”
Earlier this week, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story and the second story in Farm 54. In ...