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Engaging our Teens
At Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT, I’m blessed with a class of almost 30 eighth graders and we meet weekly ...
A Tale of Two Havdalot
So there we were this past Saturday evening, some 500 people strong, many arm in arm, singing the la, la ...
Holiness on a Tablet
This past Sunday, I had the honor of officiating at a beautiful wedding. Rachel and Nathan met last year here ...
The Jewish Message
Earlier this week, Tom Fields-Meyer wrote about reading and thinking about books and took a look at autism and God. He has been ...
Reading and Thinking about Books
On Monday, Tom Fields-Meyer took a look at autism and God. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book ...
Delaying Bar Mitzvah Till Age 25
I run a pretty rockin’ Bar (or Bat) Mitzvah service. I’ve officiated at several hundred of these events. I’ve been ...
Autism and God
Tom Fields-Meyer is the author of Following Ezra, a memoir about learning from his autistic son. He will be blogging ...
Pharaoh Was A Nazi
You know how Godwin’s law says that every internet argument eventually breaks down into someone calling someone else Hitler or ...
Prologue: An Introduction
It’s time to brag.For the past year, I’ve gotten to work with some of the biggest names of the literary ...
Are E-Books Kosher?
The post previously appeared on the MyJewishLearning/Jewish Book Council blog.Earlier this week, Wayne Hoffman wrote about a funny thing, the meaning behind ...
Does Place Matter?
Yesterday, Rabbi Jill Jacobs wrote about Sukkot and social justice. Her most recent book, Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide ...
Let There Be Light
This year, I’ve been obsessing about Psalm 27, the one that starts out “The Lord is my light and my ...