Scholar Daniel Crasnow writes his final essay in the magazine's series "Diaspora English" on his experience teaching english in Tel Aviv and Nazareth. He reflects on his views on the Israeli/Palestine conflict and its evolvement during the pandemic and heightened tensions in the region.
Wilshire Boulevard Temple's religious school reopened with a celebration of Sukkot, which included Rabbi David Eshel leading the socially-distanced Lulav Shuffle dance!
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We’re throwing it back to opening day of @wbtreligiousschool this past Sunday, because who wouldn’t want to learn the Lulav Shuffle from our very own @rabbidavid37? There is no better way to celebrate Sukkot than by shakin that Lulav! To learn more about our amazing religious school program, make sure to follow their account or head to our link in bio. #lulavshuffle
Journalist Laurie Segall interviews Susan McPherson, writer of "The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do, Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships". Their conversation covers the book's main themes on technology and the necessity of forging value-based relationships.
Judaism Unbound offers a group activity that those celebrating Passover can do with their family and loved ones. The activity includes a word search that the group can do in order to find a secret URL leading to the Afikoman.
Lex Rofeberg of jewishLIVE and Wendie Lash launch the first podcast celebrating the last month of the Jewish year, Elul. They interrogate the question: "why is this Elul different from all other Eluls?"
Rabbi Avi Strausberg offers a d'var Torah fo Parshat Noach. She describes the story of Noah and how God chose to destroy the world and how important it is to find wisdom in the ruins. Connecting this to the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on people in the last year and a half and she urges finding wisdom in the ruin.
President and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles talks with prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, about the many ways that Jewish Americans are preparing for the high holidays in the midst of a pandemic. They focus on the creative ways that the Jewish community across the country are reimagining the traditions of the holidays.
The company OneTable offers a few ideas for celebrating Shabbat during the COVID-19 pandemic such as virtual Shabbat with family or a "shelter-in-place Shabbat".
JewishLIVE compiled a list of resources for celebrating Passover digitally during the pandemic. Some of the resources included are recipes and links to scheduled events.
Activists Teklit Michael and Elliot Glassenberg talk about the plagues and refugees in Jewish history and how the pandemic has impacted modern-day refugees.
The second episode of jewishLIVE's The Plagues Project. Shira Hecht-Koller talks about how we can look to finding order in the chaos brought up during the pandemic.
Rabbi Tsadok offers a sermon for Rosh Hashanah. She speaks of the struggles of isolation brought on by the pandemic and how the strength of Noah's story can help guide us through these trials.
Rabbi Sharon Brous offers a sermon for the first day of Rosh Hashanah 2021. She talks about the importance of starting the year with a focus on stillness and gratefulness.
Founder of IKAR Rabbi Sharon Brous reiterates the purpose of IKAR, not only as a spiritual community but a community of activists who want to be voices of change.
