2013

Well, that was an unexpected weekend! For those of you who do not live in the Northeast, we just got ...

In my first novel, I wrote from the point of view of a Nazi. In my new novel, The Wanting , ...

Should rabbis talk about Israel? In years past, Israel was a subject which united people. You could always count on ...

Miriam Shwartz, along with her husband, Gilad, is the co-director of JCC Ranch Camp in Colorado’s Black Forest. My first ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

By ISJL Education Fellow, Sam KahanDuring the annual ISJL Education Conference, Education Fellows traditionally present some sort of “ schtick ...

Lauri Exley lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, four-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son. It’s February! For some, that means ...

We are often asked what our favorite thing about camp is. The answers vary: leading Shabbat services, free swim, extra-long ...

Nobody prepares you for those odd, out-of-the-way problems life presents every once in a while. I grapple with one such ...

Zi kholmt – she dreams.In Irena Klepfisz’s remarkable poem, “Etlekhe verter oyf mame-loshn / A few words in the mother tongue,” the speaker ...