This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and my synagogue got a jump on it by celebrating a little early. On May 3^rd, we honored our congregation’s nursery school and religious school teachers, whose hard work and dedication were acknowledged on the bimah.

Earlier tonight, I was catching up with my college roommate, Terry.

Of all the earliest memories I have of our temple and my family's relationship to it, none has been quite as poignant as the student seders that are run every year on the days before Passover at our Hebrew School.

Originally I can't even tell you how, as a

Education is the key to success. This axiom seems so intuitive that the idea of a major segment of a country’s population excluding itself from basic education seems ridiculous.

A young friend and former student of mine recently asked her Facebook network for suggestions as to what books she ought to buy as first steps in building a serious Jewish library.

Previously, on Facebook:

We have broken two wine glasses in two days.

Karen: I think this is God’s way of telling us not to drink so much.
Paula: I think this is God’s way of telling us to drink from the bottle.

Based on the long thread of comments that followed,

I’d like to share a recent self- revelation: deep down inside, my soul is the soul of a None. No, I didn't spell that wrong. I’m not referring to a Catholic nun of course! Let me explain.

I’ve been a mikveh guide for about a year. Because I work from my house and can make my own hours, I’ve been called on often for the many men who have used Mayyim Hayyim, Boston’s 21^st-century mikveh, for a variety of reasons: upcoming weddings, conversions,

Originally posted on November 10, 2010 at Kim's Little Blog.

My mother died, and she wasn’t Jewish.  I am, and sometime after I converted, it occurred to me to wonder, “Will I sit shivashivaשִׁבְעָהSeven-day mourning period that begins on the day of burial. when my mom passes away?" The word shiva comes from the Hebrew word for