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Although my 13^th birthday was in August of 1974, I became bat mitzvah in June of that year because my parents didn’t want me to worry about studying while at Camp Ramah in the Poconos over the summer.

Let’s start with a little historical context.

Dear Sarah,

When our son was born, we put a modern spin on the rare tradition of pidyon haben, using the ceremony as one way to welcome him to the Jewish community.

Despite growing up in a Jewish household, it was not until high school that my Judaism really shaped my life’s path.

When my term as youth group president ended, I was not ready to stop my social action and community building efforts, so I decided to run for the local board of education. 

Aside from a date, what can these two events possibly have in common? Strange as it may seem, there are a few points of comparison.

Amidst political headlines and other stressful news  of the sort, here are a few light-hearted, good-natured Jewish reads for the week.

Danielle and Jesse created focused young adult Jewish programming on the neighborhood level, calling it the Queens Jewish Project (QJP).

As we turn to the start of a new Jewish year, perhaps we can be inspired by the all-too-familiar customer satisfaction survey to evaluate our spiritual lives.