Here’s how to involve virtual guests in a hybrid bar or bat mitzvah
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi
Fully virtual bar and bat mitzvahs are, happily, no longer a necessity for the most part. Whether you are including a...
You Should Know … Julie Mazer
Julie Mazer knows a lot of people in the community. Whether from her days growing up at Temple Oheb Shalom and Har Sinai Congregation...
Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive
By Michelle Krasovitski
In April, the language-learning app Duolingo added its 40th language to its program arsenal: Yiddish. A couple of decades ago, it would...
Hana Bor educates future Jewish leaders
Hana Bor’s dissertation for her Ph.D. in Jewish studies focused on the relationship between Israel and the United States.
For Bor, who grew up in...
You Should Know … Allison Friedman
As a graduate of Krieger Schechter Day School who had her bat mitzvah at Chizuk Amuno Congregation, Allison Friedman is returning to her roots...
A gritty novel by Sholom Aleichem is published in English for the first time
By Penny Schwartz
Move over, Tevye the dairyman. Make room for Moshkele the thief, the rough and tumble rogue hero in a newly rediscovered work...
Rabbi Wohlberg gleans wisdom from the rich and famous
When asked about the timing of his new book, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg starts to get a little emotional.
Last month, Wohlberg, rabbi of Beth Tfiloh...
David Warschawski leads his marketing communications agency
When David Warschawski, founder and CEO of Warschawski, a national boutique marketing communications agency, began working to establish his new company, he knew he...
Here’s what celebrities have had to say about their own b’nai mitzvahs
A b’nai mitzvah ceremony is a special time for any Jewish person, but it may take on extra meaning when the eyes of the...
Karen Falk tells the story of Columbia Jewry
By Rudy Malcom
Karen Falk conducts interviews, collects photographs and finds ephemera, or written and printed items like letters and newspaper clippings that were originally...
