Hanukkah: Customs and Rituals
Letting God In: The Presence and Absence of God
Feeling the presence of God, in my experience, is a hit or miss deal. It takes work and discipline, but who wants to hear that?
InterFaith Works!--Respite Care to Foster Care Parents
Ha’azinu for Tweens
Explore this week’s Torah portion with “Family Shabbat Table Talk” lessons, perfect for families with tweens.
Religious Pluralism in Israel: Small Steps on a Long Journey
In the spring of 2014, while studying in Haifa, I traveled down to Jerusalem to meet up with my mother and other members of our congregation who were visiting Israel.
Tazria/M'tzora for Tots
What can parents and teachers of young children learn from this portion of the Torah? Let's examine the concept of sequencing and how it relates to the importance of order and predictability in a young child's life.
Choose Life: A Jewish Way to Affirm Coming Out Day
My daughter was born with gender dysphoria, meaning her biological sex does not match her gender identity.
Tu BiShvat: Customs and Rituals
Four Important Reasons Reform Jewish Leaders Should Attend the Biennial
With the High Holiday season behind us, I hope that every service and event was meaningful and beautiful for you and your entire congregational family.
R'eih for Tots
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the Eternal your God is assigning to you. When you have occupied it and are settled in it, take care to observe all the laws and rules that I have set before you this day.
-Deuteronomy 11:31-32