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Lessons from the Crusty Page of an Ancient Haggadah

Rabbi Mark Glickman
Sometime during the Middle Ages, a Jew in Cairo acknowledged the fact that joy usually comes with a dose of pain, and pain with joy, so they took a bite of that seder concoction, and left its dribblings for me to see in New York.

What Do You Get When You Mix Music, Improv, and Judaism?

Aron Hirt-Manheimer
Comedians Katie Klein and T.J. Shanoff met when they worked for The Second City. Performing for the Union for Reform Judaism was so rewarding for them that they now specialize in creating customized, collaborative, virtual comedy shows for Jewish organizations.

The Israeli Government: Who Aren’t You Sitting With?

Rabbi Josh Weinberg
With just a few days left until Israel’s fourth general election in two years, we might ask: Is there a clever coalition calculus that will allow for regime change? Is there a way to avoid sinking into a repetitive Groundhog Day-esque cycle of do-over elections?