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From Utica, NY to Utica, MS: How A Rabbi Spent His Summer Vacation
Today’s guest post comes from Rabbi Hank Bamberger of Utica, New York, who spent some time traveling in the South ...
Sukkot Guest List: Will You Invite Challenging Conversations?
Sukkot offers some incredible starting points for discussion. The Sukkot holiday begins tonight and lasts for a week. Among other things, ...
My Virtual Rosh Hashanah Experience
I’m thankful for the internet everyday. I’m thankful when it guides me to a new restaurant, tells me the score ...
Yom Kippur in Vicksburg and Longview
This Yom Kippur, the ISJL’s Rabbi Marshal Klaven and Rabbi Matt Dreffin will return to the communities where they spent ...
In praise of the boring
I admit that I’ve never been particularly hip.Even as a teenager, at best I was probably pretty geeky, and what’s ...
9/11 – Where Are We, 12 Years Later?
Where were you when the planes hit the towers? It’s a question people are asking and answering all day today, ...
Is Gentile “Genteel”? (Or, What Should We Call People Who Aren’t Jewish?)
The other day, we had an extended discussion around the office about the proper term to use to refer to ...
50 Years Later: Not Just Dreaming Together, But Working Together
August 28, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have ...
My Congregation is Amazing!
Today’s post is from Education Fellow Elaine Barenblat. As a young girl, I was very involved in my home congregation, ...
Patrilineal Jewish Descent: An Open Orthodox Approach
This week there has been much conversation online and offline on the Jewish status of people of patrilineal Jewish descent. ...