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When people think of the Havdalah ritual, they often think of the transition between Shabbat and the rest of the week. Our Jewish tradition incorporates a beautiful ceremony that helps us make a distinction between the sacred and the mundane. 

My father always said: “Life is ruled by the unexpected,” and indeed everyone loves the twists and turns of happy surprises. Twenty years ago, when I first visited Rembrandt’s Amsterdam house, I had one of those unanticipated moments.

We’re proud to partner with AmazeWorks, an organization committed to the power of belonging. Together, we’ve created the Friendship Across Differences Kit —a thoughtfully curated book set featuring five powerful stories and an easy-to-use curriculum designed to help students form friendships across cultural, racial, and religious differences.

In my family, Shabbat is a time to enjoy good food, to spend time with friends and family and to allow ourselves to just be. On Shabbat afternoons, we love playing board games, reading books, and playing with our dog, Mitzi.

I didn’t know anything about Hannah G. Solomon, the founder of the National Council of Jewish Women, until I became an active member of the NCJW-San Francisco section. I recall attending my first awards luncheon and listening to

The Choice to Remain Silent Like most writers, I am also a reader. My favorite books bring me to times gone-by and far-away places. They introduce me to people living lives and making choices I may never experience. The Rabbi

I grew up nostalgic for a world I never knew: my father’s childhood in the Pimlico section of Baltimore in the mid-twentieth century, where neighbors and cousins ran in and out of his family’s rowhouse, extended family always, physically right

Kar-Ben Publishing Receives Recognition from Sydney Taylor Awards for Three Titles. AN ETROG FROM ACROSS THE SEA BY DEBORAH BODIN COHEN AND KERRY OLITZKY, ILLUSTRATED BY STACEY DRESSEN MCQUEEN NAMED A SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNER IN

Although it took me a number of drafts to realize it, I had two main goals in writing Happy Passover, Edie Rose! One was to reflect my love of Passover, both as a child as well as an adult. Our seders were huge events, with family and

Change can be scary. Moving day is right up there with death on the list of high stress situations that we as humans encounter. In these times of political division, Miri’s Moving Day presents a reminder that our strength as a community comes