Counting the Omer in the Age of Corona
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - For those who are of the habit of marking Jewish time, we started counting the Omer on the second night of Passover, nearly a week ago. [...]
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - For those who are of the habit of marking Jewish time, we started counting the Omer on the second night of Passover, nearly a week ago. [...]
by Claire Dahan - On Monday evening, during the observation of Yom Hashoah, a major incident occurred in our community. As you know, this day is an important time for [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has much of the world in lock down. Nonessential businesses related to sustaining life have been shuttered across nations. In order to protect public health, this includes [...]
By Josh Weiner - this is the second article of a series. The first one, with reflections and encouragements, can be found here. How different is this night from [...]
By Josh Weiner - this is the first article of a series. The second one, with concrete tips, can be found here. One who is alone should ask themselves: "Why [...]
From online classrooms to mindfulness exercises and more, educators want support with new platforms New York -- Amid the unprecedented transition to distance learning made by thousands of schools and [...]
Who isn’t aware of the madness that has plagued the world in recent weeks? What began as a mysterious local epidemic in an exotic wet market in China has become [...]
I heard a story this week from one of my lecturers that really made me think. He told us of his first Shabbat in the yeshiva high school his parents [...]
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath When I started my doctoral research, I knew what questions I wanted to ask. I knew that I wanted to hear directly from Jewish teens about their [...]
The following is a conversation with Gideon Vennor, Director, 248 Community Action Network The 248 Community Action Network is a "Glocal" network of Jewish doers. Members use the worldwide network [...]
by Valerie Feldman, PhD - Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the diverse ways in which people engage in Jewish life, and how this matters for Jewish community leaders [...]
Illustration by Rachel Lwk for Ta Shma (c) Gabriel Abensour, together with Rabbi Bitya Rozen-Goldberg, is the creator of the independent Beit Hamidrash Ta Shma in Jerusalem. We asked about [...]