It’s what we do every day. Whether it’s the food we favor…a bagel with shmear… or the drive to repair the world…tikkun olam, we Jews are there, especially in Rockland County. We plan to bring Doing Jewish to you every Friday. Sometimes it’ll be fun, sometimes it’ll be serious.
On December 28, 2023, I landed in Tel Aviv not as a tourist but as an oleh chadash—a new immigrant. While my decision to make Aliyah was deeply personal, its timing, just weeks after the tragedy of October 7, tied my arrival to Israel’s collective moment of crisis. Amid the ongoing war, …
A few days ago, I was walking through the Delta terminal at JFK, returning from a much needed break with my family. As we walked through the interminably long series of gates, I kept noticing at most of these gates there were one or more Chabad shluchim (emissaries) waiting for flights to fa…
This Thanksgiving we are dedicating our Giving Tuesday campaign to the Israel Trauma Coalition. Trauma can create such a lasting impact that it’s often passed down through generations. What can we in the Jewish community do to help each other heal? Especially in the aftermath of the Octob…
My apologies for not focusing on a positive message this week. Sometimes you just have to tell it like it is.
In the 15th and early 16th Century, the Roman Catholic Church was a globe-spanning endeavor. Under its umbrella were many priests, bishops, and cardinals, but it also was the spirit…
What do you do when your good friend does something that really and justifiably irks, even hurts you, but on a day-in-day-out basis, is as reliable and amazing as she can be? What if that generous, amazing nature is why you became friends in the first place? Will her getting it wrong on one …
