As Temperatures Drop, What Do You Do If You Don’t Have Shelter?
Cold weather has sunk in for many of us as winter is now in full swing. For some of us, this means having to don heavy coats and scarves, and wearing boots to trudge through the snow.
3 Ways Your Congregation Can Get Involved in Environmentalism
There are a multitude of options to get your community involved in climate change and environmentalism. Here are just three ways to get started:
3 New Ways to Be a Highly Engaged Temple Leader
Our temple boards simply cannot be successful if the leaders on the board, reporting committees, and task forces are not engaged.
A Recommitment to Our Enduring Values on this Momentous Day
Today is a momentous day. Whichever candidate we voted for in the election, today marks the beginning of a new period in our shared history.
What I Learned on the Barricades with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Albert Vorspan was present at every milestone of the early civil rights movement. In 1964, Vorspan landed in jail with Dr. King and other protesters.
The Reform Movement Opposes the Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
When President-elect Trump nominated Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to be the next U.S. Attorney General, we carefully examined the Senator’s long record in public life.
At the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, a Virtual Encounter with a Syrian Refugee
Omar is in his late 20s. He's participating in an exhibition at the museum, "Genocide: The Threat Continues," and we're conversing, face to face, via video chat. I'm in D.C. and he's at the cafe in Germany's capital.
How to Connect B'nai Mitzvah Families to Your Congregation
For the past two years, Temple Chai in Long Grove, IL, participated in the URJ’s B’nai Mitzvah Revolution (BMR). Based on our desire to see b’nai mitzvah families develop strong, lasting connections to our congregation and to Judaism, we focused our efforts on enriching the family engagement opportunities that are part of Temple Chai’s b’nai mitzvah preparation experience.
Two Prayers for Inauguration Day
The Torah teaches us that we must pray for the wisdom of our leaders and the quality of government, no matter our feelings toward specific politicians. Extraordinary times require extraordinary prayers.