Celebrating 25 years of marriage to my wife, I discovered the secret to a long and successful marriage.
The Secret to a Long Successful Marriage
Learning about Injustice While Marching for Justice
Learning about injustice while marching for justice to Montgomery, Alabama, I discovered the inequities for people of color in America today. I shook my world. #justicesummer #tzedeksummer
How Does One Pack for a Journey for Justice? …Bring a Torah, Too!
How do you pack for a 40-day march from Selma, Alabama to Washington DC to stand up for justice in our amazing country?
Transform Your Synagogue by Sending Your Rabbi to Jewish Summer Camp
You should also send your rabbis, educators, cantors and youth professionals to Jewish summer camp for their benefit and for the benefit of your congregation. Why?
My First Colonoscopy: Looking into the Future
Most people cringe at the mention of this invasive procedure. Most everybody seems uncomfortable discussing something even minimally connected to our nether region orifices.
Kutz Camp @50 Alumni Reflect on “It’s Good to Be Home”
Throughout two glorious summer days at the URJ Kutz Camp: NFTY’s Campus for Reform Jewish Teens (Warwick, NY), my alumni friends kept repeating, “It’s good to be home. It’s good to be home.”
All I Really Needed to Know I learned in Song Session
Who would have thought that the Jewish values my wife and I hold most dear, and the texts from which they arise, were embedded in our hearts at those Jewish summer camps?
URJ Camp Newman’s KAQ (Kids Asking Questions) are the Antidote to the Pew Study’s JNR (Jewish No Religion)
Invite 6th and 7th graders to get real about God and spirituality, and the depth of their questions and their unceasing quest for understanding will astound you!
Coming Out in a Jewish Community: Warmly Embracing a Teenager
We celebrate a teen's coming out as a shehecheyanu moment, a sacred holy blessed experience.
A Blessing for Journeys by Rabbi Sheryl Lewart (z״l)
As you step into the strange
And become a stranger,
May each traveler, wanderer, and seeker you meet
Offer wisdom and empathy.
College Student Jessa Cameron Reflects Upon AIPAC National Policy Conference
Jessa Cameron, a college student leader at University of Washington, recently attended the AIPAC National Policy Conference as part of Or Ami's congregational delegation.
Teens Lobby Congress for People with Disabilities and on Stem Cell Research
Rabbi Julia Weisz brought three teens from Congregation Or Ami to Washington DC for the L'takein Weekend of Learning and Lobbying, at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Meditation for Spiritual Renewal
This simple meditation by Alden Solovy is a reminder that making space for spiritual renewal is vital to a life of love and service.
The Boy Scouts Worship at Or Ami – Why We Welcomed them and How We Respond to Their National Policy
We invited local scouts to a Shabbat service in honor of national Scout Sabbath on February 13. Here's why we did it and how we addressed the Boy Scouts' national policy excluding LGBT scout leaders.
Keeping Israeli Families Together: An IRAC Petition
Today, I signed a petition to Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Interior Minister. At the request of our Israel Religious Action Center, I wanted to help send to him a strong message that we should support Israeli families by keeping them together, not by tearing them apart.