2013

Nine months pregnant on the cusp of Purim.

It’s that time of year…chocolates, flowers, jewelry. Sappy advertisements and red and pink store displays. There are reminders everywhere. It’s Valentine’s ...

A professor friend of mine has been thinking about moments of interruption. How do we cope when they intrude upon ...

I’ve never, I have to admit, been a  big fan of mikvah. Nearly every month for many years now,  I ...

Sara Beth Berman is a Nadiv Educator working at URJ Camp Coleman in Cleveland, GA in the summer and The ...

In celebration of the completion of the Kentucky section of our online Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, we bring you ...

Is it possible to take the ego out of writing? I ask this question because I ask myself why I write, and ...

One of the foundational ideas behind the ISJL is that mid-size and large congregations should build connections to smaller Jewish ...

Purim 2013 is on its way! Starting the evening of Saturday, February 23rd, the holiday that celebrates the clever salvation ...

Pope Benedict says that he’ll be stepping down at the end of February. It’s been 600 years since a sitting ...