Want your interfaith kids to love Hanukkah? Expose them to Jewish traditions year-round.
by Roberta Rosenthal Kwall CHICAGO (JTA) — During a season where signs of Christmas seem to be on every corner, many Jewish parents in interfaith families…
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Too Much Light: Contemplating Earth-Focused Judaism Part 1
This is the first in a series: Contemplating earth-focused Judaism By Rabbi Gila Caine (December 2019) – The primeval fight between Light and Darkness is…
Beth Israel’s Smichat Chaver students celebrate their success
(Edmonton) – The Smichat Chaver Program, SCP Siyium, is an exciting and innovative learning program that has recently been implemented at Beth Israel – the…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Make time to hear the shofar
by Rabbi Gila Caine (September 2019) – Sounds not words. The new moon of Tishrei (which we later learned to call Rosh Hashanah) holds one…
Mayim Bialik shares her 10 mea culpas for Rosh Hashanah
by Mayim Bialik LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the Reform synagogue I was raised in, they taught us a song around the Jewish New Year:…