Midway through Lila Duke’s bat mitzvah ceremony, her family’s cat made an appearance.
Minnie’s interruption was one of many ways that Lila’s coming-of-age...
When COVID-19 struck last spring, the Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach was prepared in two critical ways: It had a data-driven curriculum that allows...
If Mattathias were alive today, how would you define him? American-Jew, Greek-Assimilated Jew? Every year at Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of light. What...
Not all miracles in Jewish history get holidays unto themselves. What was so special about Hanukkah that it became something to celebrate every year?
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5781, 5781,
there’s something new under the sun.
The year will be new, the energy clear,
things will improve, have faith, never fear.
Put last year behind us, goodbye...
B’nai B’rith, now known as Jewish Women International (JWI), began the “Dolls for Democracy” program in 1956 in conjunction with the interfaith, interracial organization...
