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Youth, Family & Community
Explore issues surrounding Jewish family life, including topics like parenting, marriage, and interfaith families. Find a Reform mohel for you child's bris, find a Jewish baby name, and learn about Jewish summer camp, educational, travel, and leadership programs for youth.
Planning Your Community’s Civic Engagement Work
Having a clear plan for your community’s civic engagement efforts can help ensure your efforts are successful. Use this resource as a guide to start your work off on the right track! 1. Think about capacity and get buy-in.
The Dos and Don’ts of Voter Engagement Work: Rules for Non-Profits
The federal tax code states that 501(c)(3) organizations are “prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in - or intervening in - any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for elective public office.
How to Celebrate Pride Month Jewishly During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted how Jewish communities across North America engage with one another, and so many folks have taken on this unique challenge in incredible ways.
7 Ways to Celebrate Tu BiShvat – Even in the Winter
For many of us, Tu BiShvat, the Jewish holiday that celebrates trees and the earth, falls in the middle of the coldest, snowiest part of the year. Nonetheless, here are seven ways you can celebrate the new year of the trees and planet Earth
Prayers & Blessings
Find prayers and blessings for everyday activities, worship, in times of war, for facing natural disasters, for celebrating and observing holidays, for healing, and much more.
8 Ways to Celebrate Hanukkah that Don’t Involve Gifts
Instead of eight days of gifts, here are eight ways to celebrate Hanukkah with your kids that relate the story and celebration for your enjoyment and to help you refocus your approach:
8 Must-Read Books for the Jewish Social Justice Advocate
The more we learn and challenge ourselves, the more our communities have the capacity to become bastions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. These books can help prepare you in your and your community’s fight against oppression.
Why You Should Have a Funeral
In Judaism, I believe, everyone ought to have a funeral – not only for themselves, but also for those they leave behind. Sometimes it’s because they think they don’t deserve it. Perhaps there have been difficulties in their family relationships that they regret, or they simply are overly humble about anyone caring about them at their advanced age.
10 Jewish LGBTQ+ Affirming Children’s Books
So many of us who identify as LGBTQ+ grew up with little to no queer/trans representation in the media we consumed. While there is still a long way to go in normalizing LGBTQ+ identities in children’s media, kids can now see themselves and their families represented in many ways, including in the books they read.