Five Ways to Approach Family Conversations around Hanukkah and Christmas
Can Jews Get Married on Shabbat?
For centuries, Jewish custom has prohibited marriages at specific dates and times during the Jewish year.
How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life
This Hanukkah, Bring the (Edible) Shtetl to Life for Teens
When teens at a regional NFTY event ask when you are going to repeat the program they just attended, you must be doing something right. Coming out of the program, it was clear that they were happy – happy because they were fully engaged, had fun, and because along the way, they learned something about themselves, their peers, their identity and their heritage.
A New Jew Showing up for Shabbat with a Resolute Welcome
There’s nothing unique about my grief following the murders in Pittsburgh except that the fear imbedded in it is new to me.
Why I Observed Havdalah Alone - and What it Taught Me
https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/shabbat
Havdalah isn’t much fun when I’m by myself, but I do it anyway.
I Fell Off a Mountain – and Lived to Thank the Man Who Rescued Me
Amid Rockets, a Populace Reclaims the Sabbath
Where to start, at the beginning or at the end? Almost 40 years ago or the last Friday of August 2014?