Tikkun Bayit as Tikkun Olam: How Deep Jewish Literacy Can Fix Our Fractured House (… Part 2) Last week, I argued that disagreements over Israel and Zionism threaten to fracture the Jewish community more profoundly than any external threat in our history. But...
Machloket L’Shem Shamayim? How Zionism is Fracturing the Jewish Community (…Part 1) We often joke in our Chosen Food course that every Jewish holyday could be summed up with the quip: “They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat.” Behind that old...
The Murderer Has Taken Possession 29 years ago today, many in the Jewish world were still reeling as they watched assassinated Prime Minister Itzchak Rabin laid to rest on Mt. Herzl. The previous Saturday night, November 4, 1995, started out with hopefulness. The Oslo...
Introducting Tyler Samuels ADRABA began as an idea. When Sholom Eisenstat and Frank Samuels imagined ADRABA over a decade ago, whatever ADRABA was going to be, it was always supposed to be small and nimble. It, as an institution, was designed to be able to take in...
Community in an “Uncomfortable Time” Steven Windmueller doesn’t pull any punches in today’s eJewishPhilanthropy item entitled “Tough Questions for an Uncomfortable Moment in Time.” As Elul is a time for introspection, he reflects on the present moment. ...
We Like to be Scared, Don’t We? Many phenomena accompany the hottest weeks of summer. The inevitable traffic jam on the way up to the cottage – and back. The sunscreen-stained scrawl of camp letters assuring one and all that fun is being had. However, with...
