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Ner Shel Tzedakah

Families donate gifts or money to charitable organizations instead of exchanging gifts on the sixth night of Chanukah.

A congregation created three comprehensive projects for the Friendship House, a homeless shelter for abused women, children at risk, migrant workers, and the Sunrise Community, an agency for developmentally disabled adults. Temple Shalom 4630 Pine Ridge Road Naples, FL 34119 239.455.3030 www...

Hanukkah's History: Challenging but Full of Meaning

Joshua M. Z. Stanton

The history of Hanukkah squeezes us between two competing narratives: one of idealization

Galilee Diary: Uncertainty

Rabbi Marc J. Rosenstein

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)

Galilee Diary: Fitting in II

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)

S.O.S. Save Our Soldiers

Raised awareness to the plight of the three Israeli soldiers captured in the 2006 Lebanon War. Community Contact Information: Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel South Orange, NJ www.tsti.org Light One Candle For Gilad www.freethesoldiers.org Goals: Raise Awareness of the plight of the three kidnapped...

Foster Care Outreach

Pairing congregants with foster children to provide gifts, arrange special events and help subsidize costs for foster parents in need. Community Contact Information: Congregation Or Ami Calabasas, CA www.orami.org Goals: Improve the dignity and quality of life of local foster children.

My Homeland, My Self, part 1

Israel is the new frontier of Reform Judaism. Since the 1990s the number of Progressive/Reform congregations and minyanim has doubled from 15 to 30, many of them served by native Israeli rabbis ordained at our Movement seminary in Jerusalem. Five thousand families send their children to Reform-affiliated schools, and last year a record 50,000 Israelis attended Progressive High Holy Day services throughout the country.

The Melodies of the Four Questions: Mah Nishtanah Tunes for Passover

Do you remember the first time you were called upon to recite the four questions? There is nothing quite like the sound of the youngest child making a first attempt at the four questions. Proud parents at the ready silently mouthing the words lest the youngster should stumble and require...

Numbers, Stories, and a Long Tradition of Ritual

March 26, 2011

Parashat Sh'mini —the eighth day; how many of our parashiyot start with a number?

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Ner Shel Tzedakah

The Friendship House

Hanukkah's History: Challenging but Full of Meaning

Galilee Diary: Uncertainty

Galilee Diary: Fitting in II

S.O.S. Save Our Soldiers

Foster Care Outreach

My Homeland, My Self, part 1

The Melodies of the Four Questions: Mah Nishtanah Tunes for Passover

Numbers, Stories, and a Long Tradition of Ritual

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