By: Barry Shrage, President of CJP
Last week, just before Shabbat, Hamas terrorists murdered two wonderful souls in front of the eyes of their children. The New York Times, The Boston Globe and many other publications described them simply as “settlers.” It’s vitally important th…
Chag Sameach! Sukkot is off to quite the start, with the supermoon total eclipse on the first night and a tropical storm rolling through on the third day. The storm has tested the limits of everyone’s sukkahs!
If you’ve ever had a chance to sukkah hop, you know how much individuality ea…
By Reuben Posner, Director of Youth Engagement
If you ever want see a friend or colleague light up (or maybe grimace) ask them to share a memory from when they were teenagers. Often the memories come flooding back—moments of joy and moments of embarrassment. For teens, everything is more…
By: Barry Shrage, President of CJP
As the late Rabbi Soloveitchik said, when defining the Jewish faith, we must think of ourselves as a congregation; that is, a group of individuals possessing a common past, a common future, common goals and desires, a common aspiration for a world which i…
By Dan Seligson, CJP Staff and Young Adult Israel Mission Co-Leader
Sometime between the eighth and ninth blizzard of the Worst Winter Ever, I was asked, very quietly and discretely, whether I would be available to “staff a trip to Israel with Julian Edelman.” I think I recall reacting …
