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These Playlists Will Keep You Rockin' All Hanukkah Long!

Whether you're hosting a holiday party or simply want to turn on some Jewish tunes as you light the candles with your family, our Spotify playlists will do the trick.

Good Morning Baltimore...Hebrew Day School

Fellow RAC Legislative Assistant Jonathan Backer and I had a great morning today visiting The Day School at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and talking with their seventh and e

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing in the Pews: A Parent’s Perspective

As we approach Deaf and Hard-of -Hearing Awareness Shabbat, I am reminded of Leviticus 19:14, "You shall not insult the deaf."

Galilee Diary: Repairing the World

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

How to Host a Mahj Madness "Fun"draiser at Your Temple

Sandy Anderson

Many Baby Boomers remember listening to the sounds of tiles clicking on their mother’s game tables and smelling the smoke wafting from their cigarettes. Usually a lovely lunch or snack was served by the hostess and the games went on for hours. This was the social world of Post WWII housewives.

"Men Can Be Rabbis?!"

Jesse Paikin

“Who’s that guy?” I asked my mom.

“He’s the rabbi,” she answered. I stared up at my mom, with a blank gaze on my face.

When I was eight years old, my family joined a synagogue for the first time.

Hard of Hearing, but not of Living Jewishly

Rachel Dubin

It has now been 30 years since I lost all my residual hearing. I have never let my deafness stop me from anything, even from particapting in the Jewish community.

The Big Debate: Applesauce vs. Sour Cream

Laurence Kaufman and Rabbi Phyllis Sommer

The Case for Applesauce
by Laurence Kaufman

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?