Torah
Revealing Jewish Camp
It is interesting that as we are in the final countdown to Shavuot we start the reading the Book of Numbers. ...
“Graven Images” Onscreen: Narrowing Our View?
You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself any graven image, nor any manner ...
Shavuot & Giving: Taking the Time to Get It Right
The holiday of Shavuot demonstrates a method of gift giving that we may want to deploy when thinking about advancing ...
#Torah Without Borders
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The NFL Draft, the Omer, and the Power of Potential
I am a self-confessed football fanatic. From September through January, my Sundays are centered around the performance of the San ...
Model Lessons
According to Jewish Law it’s the practice to refrain from getting married between Passover and Shavuot – until Lag B’Omer (Shulchan Aruch 493:1). ...
The Torah of second chances
A couple of years ago, after several years of trying to get all the way through the counting of the ...
To Plant or Not to Plant Seed: The Truth of Homosexuality in the Bible
[Editor’s Note: This post is not our typical “Southern & Jewish” fare; one of our contributors, Rabbi Marshal Klaven, wanted ...
Unleavened Equality
I will never forget the moment when my daughter came out. She was 5 years old. We were eating dinner ...
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…
Jon Adam Ross is a widely acclaimed theater artist, founding company member of Storahtelling and the Northwoods Ramah Theater Company. ...