Judaism Your Way

Whether wizened with age or “out of the mouth of babes” we celebrate the unique wisdom of all the students who participate in our Open Tent Be Mitzvah programs. This is also why we strive to make learning in our Open Tent inclusive and accessible.  To continue making this possible, we have launched the Open… Read More from Making Jewish Learning Fiscally Accessible – Open Tent Be Mitzvah Scholarship Fund

Commonalities as the Focus

Lessons from a trip to Israel Rabbi Amanda Shwartz For Chanukah this year, I gave my mom a photo book commemorating our trip this summer to Israel. As I meticulously organized the photos in the album, I was transported back to our time there and to a very important lesson I was reminded of during… Read More from Commonalities as the Focus

For over 15 years, Judaism Your Way has been meeting Jews and loved ones with unconditional love, joy, acceptance, empathy, and respect. While key in providing people with an experience of a Judaism that cared about them, these qualities were not sufficient to build and sustain a Judaism of maximal inclusion. Judaism Your Way was… Read More from The Torah of Inclusion™

Shavuot

On the evening of May 25th, on the secular calendar, we begin the holiday of Shavuot. This holiday commemorates the giving and receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. A beautiful Shavuot tradition is to adorn homes and Jewish spaces with flowers. There are many explanations behind this tradition from commemorating that flowers miraculously grew… Read More from Shavuot