Educational Experiences in Israel
Spend the most thrilling summer of your life travelling across Israel. Learn about alternative solutions to environmental and ecological issues, earn high school or college credit through learning and living on a kibbutz, and much more.
Podcasts
Listen to Jewish podcasts on a variety of topics.
Jewish Books and Literature
The Lost Shtetl
The Lost Shtetl is a debut novel rich with whimsy and heart – but first, prepare to suspend your disbelief. When you do, you’ll settle in for an absorbing tale of a shtetl called Kreskol, located in a remote area of Poland so secluded that it avoided Nazi detection. Separated from civilization by miles and miles of dense forest, Kreskol was insulated from external events, such as the Holocaust, World War II, and the Cold
What's New
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Spiritual Audacity: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Story
February 24, 2021
Martin Doblmeier's inspiring new documentary Spiritual Audacity: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Story is a long-overdue homage
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My Gap Year in Israel is the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
February 23, 2021
Israel is our home. It was in the Torah, and it is now. It sure isn’t perfect, and it might not be around forever, but that’s exactly why we need to come.
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When You Make People Laugh, You Make People Listen
February 22, 2021
Today, comedy is a national vernacular, a social and cultural force. We communicate in memes. We look to late night to process the news. Good (and even dumb) comedy challenges and connects, activates and affirms.
Jewish Life in Israel and Around the World
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Museums to Visit in Jerusalem
With sites like the Western Wall and the Old City, it can often feel like Jerusalem itself is a museum campus. While you're busy exploring the beautiful and historic sites the city has to offer, don't forget to check out the fantastic museums that reside there as well.
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Discovering Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has much to offer the Jewish traveler. Our weeklong journey began in the port city of Halifax, known as the gateway to Canada—where, from 1928 to 1971, more than one million immigrants entered the country.
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Buenos Aires: Culture and Community
Best sightseeing and dining, and Buenos Aires' model Jewish community.
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Tracks of Time in Jamaican Sands
Aron and Judith experienced a Jewish community the likes of which are not to be found anywhere else in the world.
Music
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Development of Reform Jewish Music
The Hassidic masters teach that it is through melody and song that the gates of heaven are opened. Our deepest longings, our greatest joys, and our most profound sorrows are borne on music's wings toward the Shomeiah T'filah, the One who Hears Prayer.
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My Letter of Gratitude and Hope to a Synagogue Across the Country
Earlier this month, I joined a Virginia synagogue's virtual Shabbat services, led by its youth group teens. Afterward, I composed and sent an email to the congregation’s cantors to tell them how touched I was by the service and to express my sincere gratitude to them.
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A Pandemic Playlist: Jewish and Secular Songs for This Moment
For many of us, words seem inadequate to describe how we are feeling at this very moment. It is music that can carry us, support us, and hold out the possibility of hope and a better future.
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Julie Silver Looks Back on More Than 25 Years of Making Jewish Music
Julie Silver is one of the most celebrated and beloved performers in the world of contemporary Jewish music today.