Trick or Treat? Absolutely!
There is absolutely nothing that prohibits nice Jewish boys and girls from hitting the streets on Halloween. Why would we eschew this utterly secular American custom?
In Toledo, Asleep in the Room of the Moneylenders
We took advantage of our empty nest status to take a week-long trip to Spain this month, the first time in almost 20 years that we could travel at a time when schools weren’t on vacation.
This Yom Kippur, Let Your Emotions Serve as "Radical Blessings"
Soldier in Art: Exploring the Activist Works of Arthur Szyk
One of my prized possessions is a silver-bound Szyk Haggadah. Its creator, the renowned book illustrator Arthur Szyk, was also known for scathing political caricatures and cartoons.
22,202 CE: A Year With No Rosh HaShanah
Soon, Jews around the world will celebrate the beginning of the Jewish new year, 5781, and many of us will do so not from our synagogues as usual, but rather from our homes, looking into our computer sc
How to Use the URJ Reflection Tool
With Wounds Still Open, We Ask: Where is God?
Who Should Teach About Hanukkah and What Should They Be Teaching?
Now that my daughter is in preschool, I've come to realize that hearing about cultural and religious practices directly from the practitioners only emphasizes our otherness.