People of the Jungle Book
Robert Sherman, half of the brotherly duo that wrote songs for Disney movies like "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "The Sword in the Stone" among...
A Very Jewish Halloween
by Sala Levin
Halloween approacheth, and with it the opportunity to impress your friends with the wittiness and originality of your costume. Or--if you're like this...
Losing (and Finding) My Religion
by Maddie Ulanow
It’s always interesting when, on a particular Friday night, we get a new high turnout of students for the weekly Shabbat services -...
The Long and Winding Road to Interfaith Dialogue
by Steven Philp
While the media spent the morning of September 11 replaying footage of the terrorist attacks of that day in 2001, small groups of...
A Boy Named David
by Symi Rom-Rymer
David, the recently released feature film directed by Joel Fendelman and written by Fendelman and Patrick Daly, sets out to tell one story,...
Kosher Hip-Hop
By Adina Rosenthal
There’s a new, up-and-coming Hasidic hip-hop artist on the block. Nosson Zand is a Boston-born musician who takes pride in the positive and...
The Jew With Two "Beards"
By Steven Philp
To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...
The Jew With Two “Beards”
By Steven Philp
To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...
Singing a New Song
By Steven Philp
It goes without saying that these are trying times. Yet it is in the face of crisis that humankind produces its best music,...
Egypt on the Edge
By Adina RosenthalTensions in the Middle East have sadly reached a familiar high. Recently, Gaza militants ambushed Israeli vehicles in southern Israel near Eilat, killing...
Adding a Little Color to Summer Camp
by Steven Philp
For centuries Jews have been the target of damaging stereotypes; yet in our effort to battle unfavorable myths, sometimes we overlook our own...
Israel Takes on Wikimania
by Charles Kopel
“Education is a human right,” declared Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner to an applauding crowd of six hundred last week in the...