HIAS has created a supplement to the traditional Passover Haggadah that tells the stories of refugees around the world fleeing violence and persecution. It also highlights ways refugees across the United [...]
By Shelley Marsh Yesterday evening, Reshet, together with the Jewish Leadership Council and UJIA, launched a Jewish Community Safeguarding position paper. Nick Donaldson, Head of Faith Engagement at the Charity [...]
by Lianne Heller Sitting across from me is a mother with tears welling in her eyes. Her son, Max, is struggling to keep up in school. He is in third [...]
By Dr. Ray LeviLike many of us, I have been heartened by the student response to the horrific Parkland shootings. As I watch with admiration the passionate, articulate, and yes, [...]
By Shira D. Epstein When I facilitate sessions on Gender Issues in Jewish Education, I cart along a stack of Newsweeks, Time Magazine, and other media interests from the past [...]
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbinic Intern Julie Bressler The Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit realized a dream: to transform our synagogue, Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas), into a truly [...]
Twitter screenshot By David Bryfman In the aftermath of the fatal mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Jewish community should take note: Teenagers are not just the future of the [...]
By Steve Freedman If we measure how the world seems to be going at this very moment, we may conclude it is getting worse. However, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker [...]
Screen-grab from israelscaventures.com By Tali Kaplinski Tarlow As a teenager I was a youth movement leader, and over the next twenty-five years, I taught, lead workshops, guided, trained and developed [...]
By Dr. Jane S. Shapiro One of a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning Sometime in the not-too-distant-future, we may be able to attach a device to an adult [...]
Israeli soldiers help their injured comrade down from an armored personnel carrier after crossing the border from Lebanon into northern Israel, Aug. 9, 2006. AP photo/Jacob Silberberg. By Lior Krinsky [...]
The participants and staff at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem! By Howard Blas The Ramah Camping Movement is gearing up to celebrate our 50th summer (in 2019) of Tikvah, offering [...]
