Celebrate
Do Your Tzedakah Priorities Reflect Your Values?
People want our tzedakah dollars. We are all deluged by solicitations, whether through phone calls, online requests, mailed letters, or ...
My Jewish Son’s Love of Christmas
My wife and I are a multiracial couple. She’s Black. I’m White. Our 4-year-old son is biracial.My wife grew up ...
Can Our Love Be Bigger Than Our Fear?
My fear is not very far below the surface. It rises when I hear about another shooting in Brooklyn, sometimes ...
Sukkot 2016
When is Sukkot?Sukkot 2016 begins at sunset on Sunday, October 16 and lasts through the evening of Sunday, October 23.The conclusion of ...
Yom Kippur 2016
Click here for more questions and answers about Yom Kippur.When is Yom Kippur?Yom Kippur 2016 begins at sunset on Tuesday, ...
Tisha B’Av 2016
Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av) begins at sunset on Saturday, August 13, and continues ...
Taking Sides on Hanukkah
I often wonder what group I would have belonged to when people were being asked to stand up and be ...
How to Make A Bike-Powered Menorah in Mississippi (and Everywhere)
Spending Hanukkah in the Deep South is far from my “most remote” holiday experience. In December of 2012, I was ...
Where Are You Lighting Your Lights?
After spending two years as ISJL Education Fellows serving the South, fellowship alumni often leave for places near and far ...
Light Doesn’t Happen By Accident
A few years ago, I was browsing through a Judaica store. After looking at the books, and the Shabbat candlesticks, ...
The Gift of a Role Model
My first summer at Jewish camp was back in 1994. In a move a bit out of character, I returned ...
Celebrating Hanukkah… Even If You Don’t Celebrate Hanukkah
The holiday spirit is here, and I’ll be celebrating Hanukkah this week to its fullest. My family will pause to ...