Personal Reflections

I’m what you would call a reluctant business traveler. While I am the director of the Education Department of the ...

My last year has been full of change: I got married. My husband got a new job, out of state. ...

Today’s guest post comes from our friend Andrea Levy, a fairly recent transplant to Jonesboro, Arkansas. Thanks for sharing your ...

There’s a common stereotype about the American South. A nice one: people here are friendlier when compared to the rest ...

The relationships that are forged at Jewish summer camp last forever. As a URJ Jacobs Camp camper, staff member, and ...

The story of Passover, and the Exodus from Egypt, involves the oppressor (Pharaoh and the Egyptians) and the oppressed and ...

After you read this paragraph, close your eyes for a minute and picture a rabbi.Where is this rabbi?What is the ...

My Mississippi rabbinical colleague Rabbi Debra Kassoff and myself will both be making a bold statement this spring; more accurately, ...

Jackson, Mississippi has one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country. This Saturday, 70,000(!) people will line ...

In the late 1970s, my Uncle Eric Rofes marched in a gay pride parade in the Boston area with a ...