5780 – who would have imagined?
by Rabbi Gila Caine (August 2020) – Now as the year comes to an end and we enter the final weeks of 5780 I’m looking…
Holiday Columns
A holiday marking one societal rupture, Tisha B’Av spurs Jewish creativity amid another
by Penina Beede (JTA) — For many observant Jews, the mourning over the destruction of the two ancient Temples in Jerusalem on the fast of…
27 Shavuot Recipe Ideas
by Aly Miller (The Nosher) – Shavuot, the holiday known for blintzes and cheesecake and all things creamy and cheesy, begins at sunset on Thursday,…
Knowledge, Life and Shavuot
by Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – Our shul’s youth leaders, who deal with our tweens and teens, have lots to say about education. And as…
‘Remembrance is constantly evolving’: This year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust memorials are forced online by the coronavirus
by Toby Axelrod (JTA) — For more than three decades, thousands of teenagers from dozens of countries have trekked each April to Auschwitz to learn…