Spring 2008
Columns
Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs’ NORM KURTZ on Creating Community through Volunteerism
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s DR. RAYMOND B. GOLDSTEIN on Fog
Women’s League for Conservative Judaism’s CORY R. SCHNEIDER on This I Believe
Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs’ RABBI CHARLES E. SIMON on Vibrant Opportunities for European Jewry
United Synagogue’s RABBI JEROME M. EPSTEIN on Jewish Education: The Jewish Child’s Birthright
Women’s League’s ANN GOLDMAN on the Value of a Woman’s Voice
PASSOVER – For I Was A Stranger Here Myself
We consider Passover from many vantage points, as insiders and as outsiders
Journey of the Spirit, Journey of the Body
RABBI JILL HAMMER describes how the holiday’s physical symbols transport us to a less physical worldSeders in the Tropics
DR. WILLIAM MILES has celebrated Passover in some of the world’s most unlikely placesA Place at the Table
For DARCY R. FRYER it’s a challenge to be a Jew by choice on the day when everyone else celebrates freedom by going homeThe Seder Transformed
DR. RON WOLFSON suggests creative ways to engage your seder guests, young and oldThose Were the Days, My Friend
For RABBI STUART ALTSHULER the movement to free Soviet Jews is closely connected to the Passover story of freedom
Articles
Singing Too Loudly
WARREN HOFFMAN asks how it is possible to pray too loudlyLet There Be Light: Investigating Identity in Israel
A panel of formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews finds a community that sees them simply as Jews at United Synagogue’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem CenterSynagogue Affiliaton: Key to Israel Ties
RABBI ALAN SILVERSTEIN investigates how synagogue involvement reinforces Jewish identity and concern for the Jewish stateWomen Speak
A new feature from Women’s League includes items of particular interest to womenFJMC Sefer Haftarah: Preserving the Tradition
Reading a haftarah from a scroll instead of a book deepened the experience for DR. ROBERT BRAITMANUnited Synagogue's 2007 International Biennial Convention
The convention stressed ways of living Jewishly and focused on both Shabbat and IsraelThe Bookshelf
RABBI NEIL GILLMAN offers the first of what will be a regular column on new Jewish booksThe Threefold Cord: Inspiring, Engaging, Relevant Education
RABBI ADAM J. RASKIN takes us on a tour of the unified, movement-wide Conservative Hebrew high school in DallasOn Multiple Minyanim
HARVEY H. ROSEN examines the successful alternate minyanim at his synagogueThe Happiest Place on Earth - USY International Convention
This year’s USY convention drew more than 1,000 high school studentsJoint Mediation Project Hopes to Bring Peace to More Congregational Homes
ALAN R. ROTHSTEIN, a member of the Conservative movement’s Committee on Congregational Standards, explains how its new intervention program can heal congregational rifts before they harden
The Conservative Movement and Prayer
In a section that will appear occasionally, we look at issues of prayer within our movement. Here we focus on the question of whether women must wear tefillin
Grabbing a Moment with God
DR. ILANA GOLDHABER-GORDON recounts how she learned to wear tefillinWomen and Tefillin
RABBI JOSHUA CAHAN traces the history of women and tefillin through the Talmud up to todayShould All Barbies Wear Tefillin?
JEN TAYLOR FRIEDMAN, the creator of Tefillin Barbie, has another take on the question
