partnership
Trusting in the Big Hands of a Gentle Giant
When the facilitator announced that we would be silently working in clay with our partners, I felt a bit of ...
Celebrating Jewish Women This Women’s History Month
I’ll admit when I looked up at my calendar this week I loudly exclaimed “It’s already March! But what about ...
Coming Out at Our JCC
My three-year-old loves her preschool. Now in her third year there, she has friends she is close to, teachers she ...
Friends with Benefits
What do you do when you have a mission to promote Southern Jewish history, but you have no physical place ...
Heschel’s Host: “Don’t Tell Me Religions Can’t Get Along!”
“Do you know a rabbi by the name of Abraham Joshua Heschel?”The question was asked of me by Jean Jackson, ...
It’s a Trans-denominational, Multi-congregational, Inter-generational Havdalah Service
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerThe title of this post sounds like a Broadway song, doesn’t it?It actually describes a recent ...
Prozdor Heads South: Teens Tour the Southern Jewish World
Over the last few months, I had the pleasure of working to put together a Southern Jewish Heritage tour for a ...
Interfaith, Outreach, Inclusion … Why Bother?
We hear a lot about “interfaith” and “outreach” programming. In fact, I spend a lot of my time promoting it. ...
It Takes a Community: Katrina, Recovery, Resilience
Hurricane Katrina (and the man-made disaster of the levee breaks) struck Louisiana and Mississippi seven years ago today, with devastating ...
Reengage! The Legacy of the Crown Heights Riots & Civil Rights
This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Crown Heights Riots. When these riots took place in 1991, I was ...