What It Means to Have a Rare Disease in the Family
My faith in God has never been more important to me than in the last two-plus years – ever since my son became extremely ill during his freshman year of high school.
9 Close-to-Home Spots for Your Jewish (or Jewish-ish) Summer Vacation
Summer is prime travel time, and we’re of the belief that no matter where you’re headed, you can “do Jewish” while you’re there – and you don’t have to travel across the globe to do it!
God Who Emerged from the Color of a Burkha
First Response
The Necessary Steps to Ready Ourselves for Repentance
In the realm of profound and fruitful parshiyot, Va-et’chanan looms large. In one stream of chapters, we both relive Revelation — the Ten Commandments — and receive the most succinct summary of our emerging theology — the Sh’ma. And yet, even before we reach these transformational texts, Va-et’chanan captures our attention.
Everything You Need to Know About the Jewish Custom of Shiva
6 Ways the URJ Can Help Start Your Presidency off on the Right Foot
The URJ offers valuable resources and opportunities to get new congregational presidents off on the right foot. Here are six key areas in which we can help.
“Did Something Happen?” How We Started the Work of Becoming an Anti-Racist Synagogue
We started as five people active in social justice work who were trying to figure out what it means to be white, living in a society rooted in structural racism and inequality.
Ways to Support Undocumented Immigrants
Happy Earth Day!
This week we are celebrating many anniversaries. The first is that today, forty one years ago, the first Earth Day was held, leading to a movement that gave us such laws as the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act.