Come and Listen: Exploring the Shema as a Spiritual Practice

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Daniel Berlin is teaching a four-part class, open to all, focusing on spiritual learning and the Shema as a practice in communal settings and for personal meditation. Take a look […]

Olkusz: An Inheritance of Memory

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It started with a photo. I sat beside my grandmother, her soft hand clasping mine. With her other hand, she pulled a photograph from her sweater pocket and handed it […]

Soccer Moms, World Cups, and Jewish Values

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Even a few weeks into the World Cup, soccer fever continues to take over the globe. Entire countries will shut down to watch matches. Families will gather around televisions and […]

Mah Jongg and Community: A Strategy for Better Cognitive Health

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Mah Jongg, or simply “Mahj,” has recently exploded across the country, and in particular, is having a “Minnesota Moment.” And there are many reasons why.   For those unfamiliar, Mahj is […]

Finding Jewish Practice as an Adult

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I’m a Jewish mother. Like my mother before me and hers before that. (Any farther back and we’re talking about turn of the century Jews in Eastern Europe, and I […]

A Philanthropist? Who, Me?

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Last week, I found myself at a Mel Robbins show with a good friend – one of those “sure, why not?” nights that turns into something unexpectedly meaningful. I knew […]