Life
Day Schools & Jewish Education
An emerging Jewish education nonprofit, Kevah, by the fall will have 25 learning circles, typically 8-12 people meeting in homes ...
Prayer for the Gulf of Mexico
Rabbi Danielle Upbin sent us a prayer she wrote for the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is that it ...
Why Does Anyone Talk at Shul?
When I go to shul, I like to sit in the first or second row, by myself. Even if I ...
Really, Let It Go
On Tuesday I worked my once-per-season shift at my Hazon CSA. It mostly involved hanging around and socializing, but every ...
What’s Your Jew (for Jesus) #Ish?
As part of a new marketing campaign to hit the young Jews and the unsold Jews, the Jewish Federations of ...
Before and After
Grief is like a fish bone stuck in the back of your throat. You feel it–uncomfortable, scraping–all the time, and ...
Eema Knows Best?
There are a lot of things I would do before giving my parents control over my dating life. For instance, ...
Praising God? There’s An App For That
I don’t have an iPhone, so I don’t find myself downloading tons of apps. However, I do have an iPod ...
A New Anne Frank Controversy
There’s a new novel out that imagines the life inside the Annex where Anne Frank and her family lived, told ...
Apology Not Accepted
Today on my lunch break I passed a woman talking loudly on her cell phone. She was obviously upset and ...