A Letter to Dan Snyder, Owner of Washington, D.C.'s Football Team
[Editor's Note: This letter by Rabbi Michael Feshbach and Josh Silver was sent to Dan Snyder, owner of Washington, D.C.’s professional football team, on December 23, 2013.]
Dear Mr. Snyder:
From My Israeli Kitchen: Techina Cookies
In New York, a Glimpse of Middle East Peace
It was 11 o'clock on a chilly September night and I was coming home from a gig - my first in New York City. I had just moved to Manhattan from Jerusalem a couple of months before to become a professional jazz bass player and would take any job I could get.
What If? One Family's BRCA Mutation Story
Last month, in the midst of staffing the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial Convention in San Diego, I ran into a friend of my mom’s.
International Holocaust Memorial Day: Some Were Neighbors
"We were friends, I thought. And here she was with the others in the mob!”
Breathing a Post-Holiday Sigh of Relief: An Interfaith Story
The holidays are over, and with the start of the secular new year, I am no longer holding my breath and bracing myself for another round of “Merry Christmas!” After releasing an overdue post-holiday sigh of relief, my breathing becomes more rhythmic as I enter the present moment, the here and now
Those Who Plant Will Reap: A Tu BiShvat Lesson
Tu BiShvat is a reminder that we spend our lives planting seeds. Time and effort are needed for our efforts to bear fruit. Wait patiently. One day, like the seed, we will be blessed.
A Jewish Summer Camp Alum Heads to the Olympics!
What does Reform Judaism have to do with the Olympics? Chicagoan Jason Brown is an alumnus of URJ Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, a Reform Jewish summer camp in Oconomowoc, WI - and last month, he came in second in the U.S.
Stopping Israel's "Kosher Police"
“Hold it right there! Put your hands where I can see them!” Picture men running into your store, checking the food and the official Rrabbinate documents on the wall that certifies your establishment as kosher. In Israel, this may not be an imaginary scene.