Israel

Taking The Plunge

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

I love to travel. It’s probably one of my favorite things to do in my spare time, or whenever I ...

Last week at this time my husband and I were busy scrambling to get our suitcases and 7 month old ...

Are you on the freedom bandwagon yet? Celebrations of the concept of freedom seem to be permeating the cultural-political zeitgeist ...

“Because I am a Jew,” one person said. I had asked the participants of a class to tell me why ...

By Education Fellow Amanda WinerI first heard about Women of the Wall as a counselor in training at Eisner Camp ...

Ask any Jew what Hanukkah is about and you are likely to get one of two possible explanations: Maccabees or ...

In the ongoing dustup that started several years ago between Rabbi Daniel Gordis and a series of young rabbis, most ...

“I hate them,” he said, with quiet conviction.“Who do you hate?” I probed.“Them. The Palestinians. I hate them.”It was at ...

Were you aware that every year, erev Thanksgiving, a turkey is sent to the White House for the president to ...

Perhaps after I was born, someone sneaked into the hospital nursery and instead of snatching me, stood above me and ...

It was after sustaining over 1,000 rockets fired into Southern Israel from the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2012, ...