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3 Previously Frowned-Upon Behaviors to Embrace During the High Holidays at Home
The new normal of distanced coronavirus kehilla t'filah (communal prayer) offers new ways to enhance your Home High Holidays. Consider these three previously banned behaviors to warm up your worship.
Be Our Guest at NFTY Convention: The Power of Audacious Southern Hospitality
by Micol Zimmerman Burkeman
Over the last year, the Reform Movement has introduced audacious hospitality: an ongoing invitation to be part of our community. Audacious hospitality means extending a warm welcome to all individuals who seek a home within our movement—no exceptions. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of experiencing audacious southern hospitality. En route to NFTY Convention, from the moment my plane touched down at Atlanta International Airport, I was greeted by a countless smiles, offers of help, and even unsolicited assistance carrying my luggage. These all came from strangers, and yet I felt immediately welcomed into their city, and experienced firsthand the power of an audacious greeting.
Meet the Netflix Star Who Plays an African-British-Jewish Astronaut
Ato Essandoh isn’t Jewish, or British, or an astronaut — but he plays an African-British-Jewish astronaut on TV.
What the Records Reveal
In Parashat P'kudei, the last section of the Book of Exodus, there is a rather tedious repetition of the inventory of all the equipment used in the building and decorating of the Tabernacle, the place of worship for the Israelites during their sojourn in the wilderness after they left Eg
The Deep Jewish Legacy of Comic Books and the Superhero Genre
Marvel Studio’s latest blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War, is banking on the superhero genre conceived in the early 1930s by two Jewish high school students.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah: The Heart Of The Matter - Parashat Eikev
Rabbi Rick Jacob’s reflection on Parashah Eikev, teaches about how imperative it is that as we encounter the natural ups and downs of life, we really try to remove the layers and get to the heart of the matter.
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We Must Preserve Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits
Imagine suffering a devastating injury and becoming paralyzed from the waist down. Now imagine that you provide the primary source of income for your family and that you can no longer go to work because of your injury. What will you do?
From the Pages of History: Reform Judaism and Social Justice
The attitude of Reform Judaism toward labor and social justice was formulated at the thirtieth biennial convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now the URJ), following a long and heated discussion of the subject.
Selma, 50 Years Later: What Can You Do to Mark this Occasion?
Next weekend marks the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
On March 7, 1965, civil rights leaders led 600 peaceful marchers from Selma towards Montgomery, AL in pursuit of voting rights, but were stopped after just six blocks. The marchers were brutally attacked by police as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Images of the confrontation were televised across the country and the world, horrifying citizens and rousing much-needed, broad public support for voting rights. The day became known as “Bloody Sunday” and helped lead to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act later that year.