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The sukkah is one profound place to remember the effects of global scorching on all of us.

How can we embrace the powerful exercise of Shmita in a way that is both personally meaningful and works to restore the fabric of our community?

Our most holy texts make it clear that we may not stand idly by while violence is perpetrated in our midst.

Every once in a long while, different streams of time flow together in a way that seems uncanny—even miraculous.

A first-year college student reflects on making Judaism her own

We welcome your submissions for a virtual “assembly” of voices that weave in Jewish teachings, rituals, and prayers in response to climate change

"Elul calls us to be deep sea divers into our souls." Jewels of Elul is a project created by Craig Taubman that offers 29 inspirational insights for the month of Elul. The following blog post by Rabbi David Wolpe, first published at the Jewels of Elul website, introduces the Jewels of 2015 on their 10-year anniversary. Mazel Tov!

Grief begins to feel like the humidity of northeast summer: a ubiquitous discomfort that we’ve come to accept as normal. 

I continued to wonder how a Jew-by-choice goes about honoring a dead loved one in a way that doesn’t offend non-Jewish relatives and honors my adopted Jewish traditions.

Four months ago I was about to get ready for bed when my cellphone rang. I ignored it because it was from an unknown caller. When I ignored it a second time, the caller left a voicemail. It was my stepmother's friend, whom I had never met, calling from a hospital in Texas.