I love telling the story of Chanukah.  Like so many of our Jewish holidays, it is a wonderful and fascinating study in how rituals and myth ...

cross-posted from the  Rabbis Without Borders Blog at myjewishlearning.com At Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT, I’m blessed with ...

Yesterday morning, in a weekly class on Jewish mysticism that I teach in the local community, we were concluding our study of the ten psalms...

In the last few days, many people have been talking about the eulogy that Mona Simpson, Steve Jobs' sister, gave at his funeral. More s...

There's always a lot of energy at B'nai Israel on erev Simchat Torah, which we celebrate this evening at 5.30p.m.  Our Junior choir ...

May you delve deeply into the pages of your life, seeking understanding, love and compassion. May you release yourself from the ink smudges...

This piece was published by one of our local weekly newspaper consortiums, Hersam Acorn , and appeared in print this week in the Amity Obser...

Have you been following the Jewels of Elul this year? Craig Taubman, musician, compiles short daily postings from a wide range of contributo...

Last night I came home from Congregation B'nai Israel after a long a day uplifted and inspired.  The inspiration was sparked, in large ...

9/11 Memorial, World Trade Center Site, NYC As the attention of millions is brought back to events of 9/11 ten years ago, there are count...

Today's blog entry is by student Rabbi Lisa Kingston.  Lisa was our rabbinic intern this Summer.  She is a fourth year student at Hebrew...

Today's blog is by Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, a colleague in the UK, and one of the Rabbis of the West London Synagogue of British Jews ...

Today is Rosh Hodesh Elul.  Inspired by  Rabbi Phyllis Sommer , this year I'll be sharing postings a few times a week in the month lea...

Lorrie Wexler is a member of Congregation B'nai Israel and serves on our board.  Active on our Social Action Committee, Lorrie was respo...

Today's blog entry from our social action volunteers in Alabama is written by our three teen participants, Ari Matz, Brittany O'Conn...

The 'house staging' team This morning we all traveled back to the town of Cordova, Alabama, a town some forty-five miles away...

Yesterday afternoon a team of 12 congregants from Congregation B'nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT, arrived in Birmingham, AL, for a week of vo...