Family Matters
If you need a hammer, I will be a hammer, if you need a nail, I will be the nail… We are as bars of iron, elastic but iron. Metal that can be forged to whatever is needed for the national machine. A wheel? I am the wheel.
6 Ways To Fund Your College Project
Torn Paper Apples
Release to Right the World
The (Circle) Spiral of Jewish Life
We often think about the cycle of the year-the change of the air in the fall, or the blossoming of new life in the spring-and we see a circle.
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Program Idea: Making a Difference in the Lives of Kids with Disabilities
Almost 40 years ago, Temple Israel Sisterhood in Memphis, TN, began a project with the Memphis City Schools’ summer program for visually impaired campers.
Guide for Jewish Students when Israel-Palestine Issues Roil Campus
In mid-2014, following one parent’s anguished public remarks about her daughter’s intimidation and isolation on a campus roiled by political ferment over Israel, conversations among the rabbis and lay leaders of the Social Action Committee (SAC) at Congregation Shomrei Torah (Santa Rosa, CA
Seven Shiva Lessons from My Mom
My mother passed away on Rosh Chodesh Iyar – May 1, 2014. It’s fair to say she was a legend in the Reform Jewish community.
One Congregation’s Nip/Tuck on the Face of Jewish Education
In the worthy endeavor of making our Religious School programming as meaningful as possible for our children, we struggle with questions. How can we tweak our program to engage more families? How do we compete with other extracurricular activities? How can we afford to make changes?