Meredith Kesner Lewis
Meredith Lewis is the Director of Operations at MyJewishLearning.com. Meredith holds an MA in Hebrew and Judaic studies and an MPA in non-profit finance from New York University. She also received a BS in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Meredith has served as an advisor for United Synagogue Youth in the Westchester and Rockland Counties area as well as an education consultant.
Articles by Meredith Kesner Lewis
Revolution shmevolution
The editor of Jewcy, Tahl Raz, wrote on Daily Shvitz last week that he is:in the process of writing a ...
Rabbis and the Dating Scene
This week Jordie Gerson, a rabbinical student at HUC in New York, published a witty piece about the difficulties of ...
The Idiots Guide To…
I love Amazon. One can buy just about anything and everything. I personally use it for dog bones, Muppet DVDs, ...
Defining Charity
While Palestinians continue to battle each other for control of Gaza, another battle involving Hamas is taking place on American ...
Did You Get Your Sweetie Flowers?
Today is Tu B’av, the Jewish “Valentine’s Day.” Tu B’Av, the 15th Day of Av, is both an ancient and ...
Jew York
Jewish life is seemingly apparent everywhere in New York City. From the numerous kosher restaurants, to those in Orthodox garb ...
Small Giving, Big Impact
Today’s Jewish philanthropic news centers around those who give $5 million or more. In recent years many organizations have focused ...
Know Your Audience
One problem with writing, as opposed to speech, is that one can’t use voice inflections. This creates a particular issue ...
Eicha
Cantillation or trope has always mesmerized me. I know of no other religion that has a similar system for chanting ...
Founder of Humanistic Judaism Dead at 79.
Rabbi Sherwin Wine, who founded the Secular Humanistic Judaism movement, died in a car crash this weekend. He was 79. ...