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
Florence Adler Swims Forever
Protecting children from harmful news is a natural parental instinct, but matriarch Esther Adler goes to extremes in Florence Adler Swims Forever, a novel based on a real-life incident in author Rachel Beansland’s family. In 1934, Atlantic City, N.J., was a business community on the rise, supported by the vacation industry and the influx of immigrants from Europe. Small neighborhood hostels gradually gave way to booming hotels as the country rebounded from the Great Recession
What's New
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Meet the Netlix Star Who Plays an African-British-Jewish Astronaut
September 21, 2020
Ato Essandoh isn’t Jewish, or British, or an astronaut — but he plays an African-British-Jewish
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Building Bridges Through Language and Culture: A Gay Jew Discovers Israel in Arabic
September 14, 2020
Matt Adler, who speaks eight languages, detailed his experiences living in Israel in his new book. We spoke to him about his life in Israel and how his intersecting identities impacted his time there.
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The Mom of a Trans Child Wrote a Beautiful New Rosh HaShanah Book
September 7, 2020
As the mother of a transgender child, Rabbi Ari Moffic knows that personal transformation is a key and beautiful part of who each of us is.
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.