This week: a message from Deputy Director Nahma Nadich Earlier this summer, in a sterile and overly air-conditioned Jerusalem hotel conference room, we gathered with
The Massachusetts legislative session just ended, with mixed results on issues dear to our community. We at JCRC were pleased with many aspects of the
As I arrived in Texas this week with a CJP mission, my thoughts went back nearly a century. One hundred years ago next April, my
A state budget is a financial document. But at its essence, it’s statement of values and an affirmation of what a government stands for. At
I spent last week in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Ramallah as a facilitator for Encounter, following my experience as a participant last year. This time, my
With the increasing frequency of Saturday rallies and gatherings responding to current events I’ve been thinking a bit of late about JCRC’s “Shabbat policy.” Though
With all the change and transition going on in our community, I’m pleased to highlight an exciting change here at JCRC. Last week, the JCRC
As a child in the Haredi Orthodox community in New York, I – along with all the other boys – wore a black cloth kippah,
This post has been updated to reflect the latest realities of the work. Every Shabbat in my congregation, we say a prayer for the government
“Burton” isn’t a traditional Jewish surname. My grandfather was born Moshe (Milton) Bergstein. He grew up in Harlem in the 1920s along with his younger
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