Shavuot

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What It Means to Graduate

Mazel Tov, Young Graduates!You’ve done it! Your hard work has paid off. We put hoop after hoop in front you, ...

Did Esther and Ruth Break the Glass Ceiling? A Debate

Meesh: Back then, in biblical times, the ceiling was not glass, and I don’t think Esther or Ruth made any attempt ...

When Holidays Overlap

It’s Shavuot! It’s Memorial Day weekend! It’s my first week in a new city! In fact, it’s all three of ...

Sharing Jewish Journeys: A Simple & Sweet Shavuot Program

Two years ago at the ISJL Education Conference, there was a wonderful program about diversity and inclusion in our Jewish ...

Shavuot & Social Justice

As we are approach the end of the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot, I’m ...

Two Women Make a Quorum

As I wrote in The Torch last fall, I started attending the early morning minyan at my synagogue with the ...

How to Welcome the Stranger: A Modern Midrash

1 in 6 contemporary Jews are new to Judaism. How are we supposed to welcome these converts? Rabbi Juan Mejia, a ...

It’s Okay to Leave

Megillat Ruth is named for the heroine Ruth, who clung to Naomi in what the tradition has perceived as an ...

Rediscovering Megillat Ruth

Last year I rediscovered Megillat Ruth. On the morning of the second day of Shavuot I joined a closely knit ...

Meandering Towards Revelation

As I strolled through the greenhouses at Longwood Gardens the other day, brilliant blossoms of yellow and white and blue ...

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