Interviews with Interesting Jews: Lisa Borden
I couldn’t understand how in order to honor Shabbat, we were supposed to damage our world and our health by lighting toxic candles.
View ArticleEarth Day, Kveller Style
Happy Earth Day, everyone! If you’re looking for ways to instill a love and respect for the environment in your kids, Jewish tradition is a pretty good place to start. After all, one of the main tenets...
View ArticleFriday Night: Repairing the World Means Helping People
Joining PJ Library is one of the best things we’ve done as parents. Every month a new Jewish book arrives at our home and Lila learns about a Jewish holiday or concept through a story that’s meaningful...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Tikkun Olam, Y’all
With the exception of the occasional “y’all” that always elicits a chuckle, I think I have shed most of my Texan idiosyncrasies since I have been on the East Coast for over a decade now. I do still...
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In Search of a Toddler-Friendly Mitzvah
How many of the 613 mitzvot can a toddler do? We have a PJ Library CD in the car my daughter likes listen to on repeat (please send us a new one soon, Mr. Grinspoon). One song called “Did a … Continue...
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That Time I Almost Picked Up a Hitchhiker with the Kids in the Car
I saw a hitchhiker this morning. It was a woman. She looked like she was in her mid-40s. Scraggly, blond hair, a tiny butterfly tattooed on her neck, a defeated look in her gray eyes. My first instinct...
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Tweens Ditch B’nai Mitzvah Parties to Build Playground in Chicago’s South Side
The kids are alright. Meet Marc Luban and Ariana Handelman, a pair of 12-year-old BFFs from Chicago who have decided to forgo the modern bar mitzvah party, often ostentatious affairs featuring...
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Q&A with the Founders of The Binah School–A Different Kind of Orthodox Girls...
The Binah School is a new, 21st century all-girls Jewish middle and high school in Sharon, Massachusetts that integrates project-based learning with real world problem solving, text-based Judaic...
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