URJ Camp Kalsman, WA
Not All Rebellions Look (or End) Like Korach's Did
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States this year, Rabbi Carole Balin, Ph.D., is sharing eight chapters of an "alternative Book of Numbers” designed to tell the stories of Jewish women who combined civic engagement with Jewish values in a 40-year struggle “in the wilderness” to pass the 19th Amendment.
Reimagining Simchat Torah so Our Rejoicing Lasts All Year
The truth is Simchat Torah is not my favorite holiday.
There. I said it.
3,000+ Teens From Five Major Jewish Youth Movements to Join Together in Atlanta
February, 5, New York, NY - BBYO, the leading pluralistic Jewish youth movement, and NFTY, the Reform Jewish youth movement are collaborating to maximize their efforts to engage Jewish teens.
URJ Leadership Institute: Sessions for Leaders Before, During, and After Biennial
This fall, the URJ’s Leadership Institute is offering a series of three sessions about key concepts that we hope will inspire sacred action within congregations. Both virtually and in person at the URJ Biennial 2015, congregational lay and professional leaders have opportunities to study, engage, and converse with each other and with scholars who are well-versed in three topics
Finding Holiness at the Zoo
If you've ever looked directly at the light emanating from a prism, you know that it is nearly blinding.
Rabbis Organizing Rabbis - Deportation Defense Success Stories
Gifts to Israel: 19 New Citizens Celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut
There's nothing like experiencing something for the very first time. Swimming the length of the Kinneret. A first love. The first whiff of this year's jasmine blossoms in Jerusalem. Taking your very first bite of my homemade bread pudding (trust me).