1+ week, 3+ day ago   (210+ words) As we finish another Jewish year and turn our hearts towards a new one, many of us are undoubtedly thinking about the current state of the Jewish world. For many of us, what we see is bleak- -antisemitism rising all…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (881+ words) On Rosh Hashanah, the piercing blasts of the shofar ring out across our sanctuaries like an alarm clock. The shofar is more than a ritual instrument; it is a spiritual wake-up call, urging us to examine our lives, embrace opportunities…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) Maimonides teaches that the shofar is meant to awaken us from our slumber. Its blast is a spiritual alarm: Wake up. Examine your life. Recognize what is happening around you. Change before circumstances force change upon you. How shall we…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (536+ words) Behind the imposing stone walls of Eastern State Penitentiary sits a small, unlikely sanctuary: a synagogue built by inmates, for inmates, nearly a century ago. Now, a new exhibition is telling its story. Eastern State Penitentiary, in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (575+ words) TEL AVIV – A window was broken at a Reform synagogue late last month in the central Israeli city of Ramat Hasharon less than two weeks after a similar incident occurred in Jerusalem in an incident the mayor called an act…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (270+ words) There is a new book on Jewish thought that has hit the bookshelves just last month called, “Faith Without the Leap,” written by Rabbi Shalom Lewis. The name “Rabbi Lewis” is probably familiar to anyone who has been in South…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (937+ words) What does it feel like to be a Jewish student? With so many education options, there is no true way to define a u201cJewish student,u201d and everyoneu2019s experience differs. I decided to interview Jewish teenagers from multiple schools to see their views....