“There’s the Jewish People—and Jewish people,” the larger Jewish community and individual, often unsung Jews. “He understood both.”
Author: Steve Lipman
Shtadlanim: Dr. Marvin Schick (1934-2020)
Shtadlanim: Rabbi Dr. Israel Miller (1919-2002)
Rabbi Miller played an active role as a volunteer, often as the public face and voice of the Jewish community, on behalf of the JCRC, Holocaust survivors, Soviet Jews and other causes, as well as several Orthodox and Zionist organizations.
Covid Aliyah
Covid-19 has spurred an unprecedented interest in aliyah. Why?
Parnassah Exchange: A New Clearinghouse for the Unemployed
“It’s a major game-changer,” restoring millions of dollars of potentially lost salaries to members of the Orthodox community.
A Summer of Change
Why camps play such an important role
Solo Shabbat
“So, who’s your latest victim?” That was the sarcastic question a colleague at work—a Sabra who has picked up the snarky US sense of humor—would ask me every Thursday or Friday when he spotted me rolling a suitcase into our office. It meant I was going away for Shabbat....
When God Says No
“Rabbi, I prayed for my zeidy to get better, but he died. Didn’t God listen to my prayer?”
October Surprise
I wanted to make my extended time in our family home over Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah memorable. I didn’t realize how memorable Nature would make the chagim.
Finding Light in the Darkness: The Art of Jewish Humor
Jews have been able to bring the light of humor to even the darkest of times. We survive because we tell jokes, jokes that allow us to laugh even when tragedy, up to the point of death, threatens.
How Covid Brings Us Together
Soldiers began delivering groceries, loading prepared meals into ambulances, and bringing medicine and toys to quarantined homes. And the men dressed in black-and-white bonded with those in khaki green.