One of my favorite holidays is Mothers’ Day. It is a day of remembering and honoring the women in our lives and the legacies they have given us. For me, it is a special time, a holy container in which I spend precious time with my two beautiful daughters and pause to remember and share memories about my mother Continue Reading »
As a member of the national Chai Mitzvah team, I divide my time between facilitating groups and reaching out to participants. For the past couple of months, I’ve had the pleasure of listening to folks all over the country respond to a simple question: “How is the Chai Mitzvah experience working for you and your Continue Reading »
It started out like other Pesachs, although with a bit more anxiety since we had moved into another home, trying to figure out seating arrangements for the almost 25 guests at each seder, and kashering and cooking in the new kitchen. However, the backdrop of the terrible images coming out of Ukraine tempered any personal Continue Reading »
Have you ever bought something on-line and all of the sudden you get suggestions – “if you like that, you will like this!” Or, “if you are buying that, most people will also buy this!” My favorite one is, “If you like this book you will also like this one.” I go right down that Continue Reading »
It’s 1963. The candlelight flickers and our shadows jump on the narrow walls of the winding back stairs. I am holding a candle in a brass candle holder, and my uncle is holding the candle holder too, over my fingers because I am too young to be trusted with a candle. He is holding it Continue Reading »
Have you seen the Chai Mitzvah blog, Why Chai Mitzvah is not an Educational Program, written by our Executive Director Audrey Lichter? If not, stop right now and read it, THEN come back to this entry! As you see (now that you’ve read her blog) Audrey does a great job of distinguishing Chai Mitzvah from other text-based Jewish Continue Reading »
Spring has officially arrived! The daffodils are blooming, the buds are on the trees outside my windows! What do the seeds of Spring represent? For me, it is a time of preparing to leave the tighter, darker places of winter. Historically, we prepare to leave mitzrayim, the slavery the Israelite people endured in Egypt for Continue Reading »
Everything is not what it appears. It is a human trait to lump things into groups and categories we are familiar with. We all understand educational programs, so anything that involves text study gets thrown into that bucket. There are great educational programs out there – Limmud, Melton, Machon Hadar, Chabbad – as well as Continue Reading »
I love this time of year. The weather is changing and the flowers are starting to pop up through the soil. It means baseball and being outside. But the best thing of this time of year – PURIM and PASSOVER! Making hamentashen in all kinds of flavors. Planning my Passover recipes. I love to bake! Continue Reading »
Recently Chai Mitzvah hosted a webinar entitled Shocking Trends on College Campuses: The Rise of Antisemitism and the Fall of Academic Freedom with Scott Shay, our founder and Board Chair, in conversation with Dr. Miriam Elman of the Academic Engagement Network and Dr. Andrew Pessin, Campus Editor of the Algemeiner Journal. There is no shortage Continue Reading »
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