Jewish Routines for Children

Creating positive educational experiences for your family.

Jewish Tradition and the Lifecycle

Jewish lifecycle rituals reflect a communal orientation, the democratic nature of traditions, the relationship between the biological and the social, and the inevitability of evolution and change.

Three Hasidic Insights to Improve Your Relationships

We all want love, but many of us struggle with it. Here are three insights from Hasidic philosophy that can help.

An Interview with Dr. Susie Tanchel: The First Out Head of a Jewish Day School

Tanchel was, until recently, the only out head of a Jewish day school in the country.

Jewish Characters on TV: The Best of 2009

There are lots of characters on TV that happen to be Jewish. Like the emergence of African Americans into mainstream ...

Moments of Oasis

Where can we today find respite as the ancient Hebrew did at the springs of Elim?

Deciding How We Fit into Jewish Day School

Earlier this week, the AVI CHAI Foundation together with the Steinhardt Foundation posed a question to the Jewish community: What ...

Conversion: A Black Jewish Can-Do Story

How one woman went from having no idea what Shabbat was to celebrating it every week.

Wary Of War

The understanding that Israelite troops were addressed on two different occasions before they entered war reflects the idea that our reactions to war often depend on its imminence.

His Bar Mitzvah; My Religious Crisis

How do you send your child to Hebrew school when you hated it?