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With so much focus in the American Jewish community on engaging twentysomethings and families with young children, some wonder whether we are alienating another key demographic: baby boomers.

The B’nai Mitzvah Revolution - or BMR - couldn’t be happening at a better time.

It seems as if lately, our social media feeds are filled with stories of families struggling to figure out how to acknowledge this ancient ritual, while also making it relevant in

The Reform Movement faces issues that are all too familiar: the high rate of intermarriage, the pull of other Movements, including Orthodoxy and Chabad; and the disinclination of Jewish millennials, like millennials generally, to identify with institutions of any kind.

Shalom from Jerusalem!

I arrived on Sunday – together with many other Diaspora Jewish leaders – for the 37^th Zionist Congress – often referred to as “The Parliament of the Jewish People.”

Especially as our hearts break as our people are viciously attacked

When I was an executive director, my job description was four pages long. Although routine and mundane tasks were explained in great detail, there were many things I regularly did that were not part of the job description – and never would be.

This year, the sisterhood of Temple Sholom in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is celebrating our 50th anniversary. We are proud to be receiving a silver Or Ami “Light of My People” Programming Award, which will be recognized at the WRJ Assembly 2015, held Nov.

Hanukkah, which begin at sundown on December 6th, seems far off – but it isn’t too early for your congregation, sisterhood, or brotherhood to start planning a Hanukkah fundraiser.

Joining a nascent national movement, three synagogues are joining forces in Elkins Park, PA, to tear down walls separating students - and religious traditions.

The terrorist attacks in Paris last January suggested to some French Jews that they try to find a safer haven elsewhere.