Doing a Victory Dance for LGBT Rights in Israel
I watched Nurit Melamed dance for the first time this week. Seeing her gracefully weave her feet is not something outside of the ordinary for Nurit, who is an accomplished choreographer and folk dance teacher in Jerusalem.
2014 Report Shows U.S. Commitment to Promote Religious Freedom Worldwide
Rabbi David Saperstein, former Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and current Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, delivered his first Internation
A New Report Reveals Troubling Threats to Global Religious Freedom
The new International Religious Freedom report highlights the impacts of many non-state actors on suppressing religious practices and observances, and shares that the number of people who live in countries with restrictions on religious freedom increased in 2014.
A Math Formula Can "Carry a Charge of Love"
Judaism is filled with ritualized counting. From the seven ordered days of creation, to the repetition of forty throughout the Tanach (Hebrew Bible), to God's exhortation to Abraham to "count the stars, if you can count them…" Currently, we are in the midst of counting the Omer, the days from Passover to Shavuot.
Victory Against Discrimination in Israel
Jenny Baruchi challenged the Israeli economic system. She matriculated to Hebrew University and, in doing so, lost many rights afforded to her by the state as a destitute single mother.
What Congregations Have Learned from Shifting Intro and Taste Programs Online
Did Columbus Have Jewish Roots?
Many mysteries surround the origins of Christopher Columbus. One recurrent claim is the explorer had Jewish roots.