The concept of “blessings” gets tossed around widely and casually these days. After all, what is social media without a slew of (sincere or ironic) #blessed captions? But in Judaism, blessings are an ...
The springtime Jewish holiday of Purim isn’t just any other occasion to have a good time; having fun and merrymaking is actually a commandment each year. Because the holiday commemorates the Jewish ...
Federation’s Israel 75 Mission participants Abby and Edwin Grinberg renewed their vows in Jerusalem with family present to honor 60 years of marriage. Courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater ...
Of all the theological and liturgical questions attending the design of the Reform movement’s forthcoming prayer book, none was more contentious than the decision to restore the prayer for the ...
It happened just before Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. It happened again, just as the Old Testament Queen Esther put a plan into place that saved the Jews from genocide. And it will happen ...