No matter how much money each of us donated yesterday on what has come to be known as Giving Tuesday, ...

Celebrating Sukkot on the Canadian shores of Lake Ontario, as I did as a child, was fraught with complications. Evening ...

Silence and lies. These are your choices when you’re in the closet. When your friends start talking about crushes, hot ...

Sesame seems to be enjoying a moment in the spotlight recently and I couldn’t be happier. Halva was always a staple ...

With LGBTQ chaplains, Jewish camping opportunities for grandparents and synagogue-based senior ‘villages,’ the community is welcoming a new generation of older adults.

Inclusion…mainstreaming …general education…. One on one/shadow…these are words that fly through my mind almost daily, and are a regular part ...

Nevi’im (the Prophets section of the Bible) presents Israel's history as a nation on its land.

Parashat Vayetzei begins with one of the most magnificent spiritual visions of the Torah: Jacob’s ladder. A young man, Jacob flees his ...

Today’s sacrifices and blessings look different, but can still draw us closer to the Divine

The cedar or the reed.