Habari Gani? How My Family is Melding Kwanzaa and Hanukkah Customs
How I Follow the Maccabees' Lead at Hanukkah
What could be a more fitting commemoration of Hanukkah than promoting dialogue about the value of respecting the boundary between religious practice and public life?
Teach (and Practice) a New Jewish Value Each Night of Hanukkah
8 Books to Give as Gifts This Hanukkah
Looking for a good book to give your favorite bibliophile this Hanukkah? Staff of the Union for Reform Judaism recommend a few of their favorites, whether classics or new, that would make for great gifts. What would you add to the list?
How to Use the URJ Reflection Tool
A Sustainable Hanukkah
“A great miracle happened there,” we say, as we spin the Hanukkah dreidel each year while eating latkes fried in oil. But what was “the miracle” of Hanukkah? Our tradition recounts more than one.
How to Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary for the High Holidays
How to Get into the High Holidays State of Mind
Welcoming Interfaith Families at the Holidays and Beyond
There are many creative ways to include all members of an interfaith family and those connected to them.
Oy Tannenbaum!
It was over brunch on our fourth date when I told him, "This can't go anywhere...I’m Jewish and you’re not." After years of Jewish camp, Hebrew school and lectures from my parents, I was fairly certain that the eleventh commandment was “Thou shalt meet a nice Jewish boy, get married and have beau