Celebrations Delayed: A Prayer for the Frustrated and Disappointed
This poem offers perspective and hope to help us manage the sense of disappointment, frustration, and loss that we face when our much-anticipated in-person gatherings turn virtual.
Reform Movement Statement: We Are Heartened That Israel Has A New Government
7 Ideas for Passover Under Quarantine, by and for Jewish College Students
During this period of physical distancing, it’s more important than ever to create meaning and community wherever we can. Need some inspiration? Try these ideas for Passover under quarantine
Two Helpful Video Guides for Your Home Seder Needs
Whether you're hosting a seder via Zoom or doing a small, in-person seder with those quarantined with you at home, these two new video resources may be helpful in guiding you through the steps of the seder.
Jewish Insight for Consoling and Congratulating the Class of 2020
For our students, the loss of their end-of-year plans and graduation festivities is indeed a very real loss – and we should recognize it as one. I’m reminded of a powerful anecdote in Martin Buber’s Tales of the Hasidim.
How We Created Joy and New Traditions Within a Quarantined Passover
Instead of longing for traditions of years past, we reveled in the joy that comes with stepping away from convention and creating new rituals that hold deep symbolic meaning – just like the Jews who fled Egypt so many years ago.
Remembering Rudi E. Scheidt Sr., of Blessed Memory
On Sunday morning, the Reform Jewish Movement lost one of our giants. Rudi E. Scheidt Sr. was 95 years old when he died peacefully at home in Memphis, TN.
Dayenu, It Would Have Been Enough: A Prayer for Medical Professionals Worldwide
If they had paid to train and gain the knowledge,
It would have been enough.
If they had recognized a calling instead of choosing a profession,
It would have been enough.
Health and Hope: Lessons from My Parents, Who Survived the Holocaust
In this time of COVID-19, my mother will likely spend her upcoming 100th birthday sheltering at home with her caregiver. I asked her how this tsura (tragedy) is different from the time of Hitler.