We worked until almost midnight that Thursday, the 30 of us, all middle-aged softball players, arranging tables and chairs for the funeral of a man we didn’t know terribly well.

On the day before Purim, in the Hebrew month of Adar, Jewish musician Neshama Carlebach posted the following on Facebook:

I'm on a mission- I MUST find real joy today for Purim. To help me get there, I'm looking through old photos.

Orthodox Judaism claims that its only platform is the Torah itself. The Conservative movement was in existence for three generations before it finally created its only set of principles in 1988. But in American Reform Judaism we have had no less than four

Everyone has a story to tell. Maybe it’s a story about our parents. Maybe it’s a story about how we grew up or what happened to us as adults. Whatever the stories are, they are the experiences of our lives.

At the end of the secular year, "top 10" lists abound. Check out our picks - in no particular order - for the most exciting moments of 2014 within the Reform Jewish world. Do you agree with our list? What would you add?

1. Religious pluralism makes major

We Jews kindle lights each Shabbat and, each Hanukkah, during the darkest period of the year.

PBS’ new six-part series Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler premiered on December 16th, 2014. ReformJudaism.org caught up with Feiler, who is the author of six consecutive bestsellers, including Walking the Bible, and writes the "This Life" column for the Sunday New York Times. Here's what he had to say about Sacred Journeys

Singer/songwriter Josh Nelson has long been sharing his gift of Jewish music with the Reform Jewish community and beyond. Now, he brings that gift to the big stage in the Off-Broadway return of Soul Doctor, a musical about the life of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.