Jewish Texts

I did not fast during Ramadan. But I did somehow experience a little bit of the meaning of the Muslim ...

I remember vividly the horror I felt seeing my daughter sinking below the surface of a pool two summers ago. ...

“Question authority!” was the mantra of my peer group when I was coming of age in the late ’60s. How ...

Kol Sasson Congregation was founded in Skokie, Illinois in 2003 as a Shira Hadasha-style minyan. At first, we met on ...

My mother’s birthday coincided with Shavuot this year. She would have been 76 years old, had she not died in ...

I have always fancied myself as a feminist. When I was in primary school, I remember arguing with one of ...

Recently, a new artisan storefront opened near my Main Street home. As I like to support local artisans, I wandered ...

This summer, I had the privilege of attending a conference about Partnership Minyanim, hosted by Shira Hadasha in Jerusalem. I ...

Memories of the film, Yentl, came to mind when a number of highly Jewishly educated women invited me to join ...

I was a Girl Scout for ten years, from 3rd-12th grade. I learned how to start a fire, cook for ...