Every year during Chanukah, I buy each of the teachers in my religious school a book as a gift. I go to Joseph-Beth in Rookwood and spend well over an […]
Historically, our congregation’s Middle School class has taken a trip to either Chicago or Detroit every year, both as a learning opportunity and a chance for bonding and memory-making. Over […]
The Olympics came to a close this weekend, concluding our bi-annual celebration of athletic prowess and national pride. In a political climate where supporting one’s country is perhaps as hard […]
If they were alive to see it today, the Maccabees would hate the way American Jews celebrate Chanukah. For the Hasmoneans (the dynasty the Maccabees founded), the central conflict of […]