How Your Congregation Can Move Up the Change Continuum
The world around us is changing faster than ever. To stay relevant and thrive, change will be necessary in all congregations, even those that are doing well.
Ki Tisa for Tots: Nature Vs Nurture: Discovering Your Child’s Passions
A guide to help adults learn how to engage young children in a discussion about this week’s Torah portion.
T’rumah for Tots: The importance of Giving
A guide to help adults learn how to engage young children in a discussion about this week’s Torah portion.
Matot/Mas'-ei for Tots
In this double portion, there is a lot of focus on building and community development. Here are some questions and ideas for discussions with young children.
At the Intersection of Spiritual Practice and Poetry
I grew up in Chelmsford, MA, where we belonged to a small Reform Jewish community. For Judaism to exist there, you had to show up – so we showed up for everything.
I'm the Canary in My Family’s Genetic Coal Mine
I speak about my BRCA-related cancer to synagogue groups, Jewish day schools, and women who ask. I will continue to shout about it until everyone knows who is at risk.
Mental Health Awareness and the LGBT Community
The Jewish community tends to think of October as the month to recuperate from the High Holy Days, but October is also the National Mental Health Awareness Month.
8 Ways to Celebrate Hanukkah that Don’t Involve Gifts
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: What Every Jew Needs to Know
In 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved House Resolution 1522, designating the final week in September as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Week and the last Wednesday of the month as National Previvor Day. Ironically, when Rep.