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How to Prevent Halloween from Overwhelming Your Family

Rabbi Phyllis Sommer

Halloween brings me a bit of stress each year. On a very basic level, I'm just not a fan of this holiday that, in recent years, seems to have become so much bigger than ever before.

Sukkot and the Challenge of Refugees

Rabbi Michel Schlesinger

A young man came to a rabbi for a chat.

“I’ve bought a new car” said the young man to the rabbi.

“Congratulations,” he replied.

Campers enjoying music by the fire at URJ Greene Family Camp

URJ Greene Family Camp, TX

The mission of Greene Family Camp is to create a fun, safe, educational friend-filled environment that teaches and practices Judaism. GFC serves all Reform Jewish congregations in Texas and Oklahoma, encouraging personal and spiritual growth through creative programs and varied activities.

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Four More Passover Questions for the Whole Family

Our tradition teaches us that the Passover Seder is meant to be a learning experience for children of all ages, from 1 - 100. Our questions are more important that the answers. As you prepare to sit around the Seder table, we’d like to offer you some additional questions to help connect the past, present, and future of our Passover traditions.

How Two Canadians Came to Understand and Celebrate American Thanksgiving

Cantor Aviva Marer and Rabbi David Z. Vaisberg

As Canadian clergy working in a Reform congregation in New Jersey,

10 Ways Busy Parents Can Share Judaism With Their Kids

We all lead busy lives, running here and there and everywhere. It can be difficult to find time for ourselves, let alone to nurture a spiritual or religious life. But there are many ways to feel Jewish and to impart Jewish feelings, customs, and knowledge to our children without investing much more time into our already-busy schedules.

A blue monster named Grover and boy in Israel

Learn About Israel with Shalom Sesame

Learn about Israel's history and culture with Grover and friends in these Shalom Sesame videos, and engage with your children using the discussion ideas and activities.

Halloween, Hospitality, and Jewish Values

Rabbi Ruth Adar

Here comes Halloween! For some Americans, this is the holiday, more than Independence Day, more than Thanksgiving, more than even Christmas.

Can Jews get married on Shabbat?

Answered by

Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.

For centuries, Jewish custom has prohibited marriages at specific dates and times during the Jewish year.

It’s Hard to be a Jew at Christmas, But Even Harder on Tu BiSh’vat

Kelly Hershberg

It is a truth universally acknowledged that it can be difficult to be Jewish at Christmas time. It has seeped into North American cultural consciousness so thoroughly that South Park even wrote a song about it, complete with trademark expletives.

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