Judaism

Torah

Blessing the People With Love and Joy

Local

Does Birthright Stifle Teen Travel?

Shavuot

Synagogues Celebrate New Arrivals

Newsmakers

West Philly Rabbi Gives Benediction at Prayer Breakfast

By:

Greg Salisbury

At the second annual Prayer Breakfast for the Second Chance Foundation, Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann, founding rabbi of Kol Tzedek in West Philadelphia, was chosen to give the closing benediction to the 430 politicians, religious leaders, heads of nonprofits and activists seated in the second-floor ballroom of the First District Plaza in University City. The breakfast is one of the...

Local

Does Birthright Stifle Teen Travel?

By:

Bryan Schwartzman

Palestinian violence and financial meltdowns aside, travel program leaders unanimously point to one cause for a dramatic drop in teenage visitors to the Jewish state over the past decade: Taglit-Birthright Israel.

Torah

Blessing the People With Love and Joy

NASO, Numbers 4:21-7:89

By:

Rabbi Shmuel Jablon

Rabbi Shmuel Jablon examines the verses that serve as the source of the mitzvah for Kohanim to bless the Jewish people every day.

Parenting

The Real Jewish 'Housewives'  of South Jersey

By:

Melissa Jacobs

Two modern moms discuss how they juggle family and professional roles in the Jewish community.

Shavuot

Rethinking the Ruth-Naomi Relationship

By:

Deborah Rosenbloom, JTA

Writer Deborah Rosenbloom always thought of Ruth, the heroine of Shavuot, as a woman who made good choices, was strong and fulfilled. But lately she's been rethinking this and focusing on the strange dynamics of what appears to be an unhealthy, possibly abusive, relationship between Ruth and Naomi, her mother-in-law.