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By ISJL Education Fellow Dan RingThe ISJL Education Curriculum addresses Israel in many ways at various grade levels. The fifth ...

It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...

Kabbalah is an attempt to understand the brokenness of the universe.The other night, my chevruta (Study partner) and I were ...

I’ve always been suspicious of the “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” crowd.   Generally, the eternally sunny scare ...

Technology is a marvelous thing. And the many creative ways Jewish professionals have incorporated it into Jewish communal life is ...

So what did you really look forward to last week—Thanksgiving or Black Friday? Gorging on turkey surrounded by all those ...

Three weeks had passed since they had put my daughter’s hand in a cast. A small misstep while working with ...

When I was growing up, a common group activity to do with Jewish teens was some sort of values clarification. ...

I remember Yom Kippur when I was 13. I was in synagogue, proudly wearing the  tallit I had been given ...

Within the liturgy of Yom Kippur, guilt is assumed to be collective, as we communally recite the sins. That being ...

Skype. Gchat. iPhone.These are some of my primary tools in my modern Jewish education career.Utilizing technology is important for pretty ...

“Just call me on my cell. My house can be difficult to find.”I hobbled through the alleyways of the thick, ...