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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.

How Legos Turned Into a New Jewish Tradition for My Family

Deborah Goldberg

I consider myself a dedicated yet anxious Jewish mom. I’m dedicated because I would like my children to have a Jewish upbringing that connects them to our collective stories, history, and values – and I’m anxious because I’m never quite sure whether I’m accomplishing that goal.

Lulav and etrog lying on a bright blue background

Sukkot, Diversity, and Unity: How Each of Us is Like the Four Species

While all Jewish holidays serve as great opportunities to practice audacious hospitality, Sukkot has always stood out to me as the most audaciously hospitable of Jewish holidays.

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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Child preparing a gift tree a family activity for parents and children during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah

Hanukkah Gift Tree: A Family Craft Project

Hanukkah recounts the story of a great miracle and a great triumph, offering parents a wonderful opportunity to teach children to celebrate the miracles in their own lives as well as to be the light in someone else’s darkness.

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry – Even in a Pandemic

September 27, 2020

Aligned with the rhythm of our earth turning on its axis, our season of returning (t’shuvahT's

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,

Inspired 5781: More Art, More Awe

Rebecca Guber

I grew up going to services. A lot of services. I was adept at counting the ceiling tiles, reaching into the thousands as my grasp of numbers grew more sophisticated. The melodies became part of my life soundtrack; I hummed them as my mind wandered during the rabbi’s sermon.

What’s Different about High Holidays Challah?

In Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah taught, “If there is no bread, there is no Torah; and if there is no Torah, there is no bread.” I love these words. They echo in my mind when I partake in two of my favorite almost daily activities, the study of Torah and the baking bread. On the holidays, these two passions intersect, as they have for generations of Jews, when I shape challah. The traditional shapes for challot (plural) can be Torah study on our very festival tables.

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