Shabbat, Teen-Style
I sometimes think that my teenagers have a more demanding schedule than I do. They are in the classroom for eight hours every day, and spend their afternoons filled with multiple extracurricular activities, homework, and managing the numerous pressures and challenges of being a teenager.
Seeing is Believing: Visual T’filot and the Future of Jewish Worship
Camp Recipes: Shabbat Potatoes
Camp Recipes: Israeli Chocolate Balls
Make Your Own Family Tallit
Make Your Own Havdalah Kit
Israeli-Style Pizza Rolls
Cold: Prayer for a Chilly Shabbat
Snow days can be fun; not so this kind of cold. It was colder in Chicago this week than it was in the North Pole.
Spiritual Authenticity
I think it's fair to say that just about everybody knows that the Israelites were condemned to wander in the wilderness for forty years, a biblical generation.
A Jewish Response to Political Scandal
As we witness public figures dismantled by the revelation of ugly episodes from their pasts, we parents must distill these events and their aftermath for our children.