It’s Official: The URJ is Back on Campus!
I’m excited for this school year and the many ways that we, as a Reform Movement, support and engage our college students in meaningful connecting with and building Jewish life.
Why We Need Good Sermons Now More Than Ever
For more than 50 years, High Holiday sermons were consequential both for the rabbi and the congregation. Why has the Reform preaching tradition waned?
5 Last Minute Ways to Make Civic Engagement Part of Your High Holidays
The High Holidays invite us to initiate both personal and communal change. During the ten Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we reflect on our own choices as well as the actions of our broader community.
5 Vibrant Additions to Your Campus High Holidays Experience
How do you make college High Holiday services and programs engaging, welcoming, and meaningful? Here are five tips.
Will Borscht Ever Remind My Kids of Me?
My kids would rather starve than eat a blintz or other food with roots in the shtetls of Eastern Europe. They’ll have to find other ways to connect to their Jewish past.
Oui, Paris: My Adventures in the City of Lights
During my recent sabbatical, my husband and I traveled to France, where we explored all facets of Progressive Jewish life in the City of Lights.
Israel: There Must Be Another Way
For those of us who believe that, while Israel should be a “nation like all the other nations,” it should somehow not be too much like all the others.
Welcoming the Stranger: Is a Future in Israel a Sure Thing?
When Usumain arrived in Israel after years of searching for a safe place to call home, he was desperately in need of a country that would open its arms to him.
The How-To’s of Starting with Why
Eager to know why our congregation exists, I posed these questions to my board: Why did you join Shir Ami? Why do you remain a member? What could Shir Ami do better?
Lessons from Camp Newman About Your Congregation’s “Why”
In today’s world, congregations’ mission statements have to include a clear statement of why we need worship, education, and a communal Reform Jewish experience.