Jewish Social Justice Activists: You are doing Mitzvot! Supporting Israel, helping the Jewish poor, funding Jewish day school: there are an infinite number of Jewish concerns and needs today. How can ...

And yet, it may demand more of us than any other day in the Jewish calendar. While we do have some Shavuot customs – staying ...

As readers will hopefully remember, I have begun to examine the topic of women’s obligation in mitzvot, which I will be continuing over the next few columns. One of the major distinctions between the ...

When it comes to the Torah many do not connect the consequences of inactions when it comes to not doing mitzvot. This is a great challenge in particular for many non-Orthodox Jews. “Vayikra,” the book ...

In other words, one may not “kill two birds with one stone.” Each mitzvah that one performs must be done individually and with one’s undivided attention. 2 In fact, the intent to perform one mitzvah ...

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia appreciates our outstanding volunteers and the support they provide for their communities every year. Through their generosity and hours of hard work, ...

Each year at Congregation Or Ami in Calabasas, about one in every five b’nai mitzvah students has some sort of learning or developmental challenge. “Every child has the right to a Jewish educational ...

Just at the one-year mark in my current home, and still unpacking boxes – mostly sefarim, books, CDs, and games – I found Sefer Gematriot, which lists all the unique words in Tanach in their gematria ...

Two recently published books, “The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah … and your Life” and “It’s a … It’s a … It’s a ...

needy as part of Jewish Social Action Month. Picking lettuce and okra, shelling beans and separating seeds became a family bonding experience for the Lippmans of Melville. On a recent Sunday, Karen ...