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(JTA) — Midway through Lila Duke’s bat mitzvah ceremony, her family’s cat made an appearance. Minnie’s interruption was one of many ways that Lila’s coming-of-age ceremony was different from what she had expected. While the 12-year-old still read her Torah portion in front of more than 100 people, still got to wear a pretty dress […]
Check out The Stream, the Jewish Week’s guide to Jewish events happening online. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation has issued a new $10 million matching grant opportunity for approximately 100 Jewish overnight camps across North America as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many camps may not open this summer, and few of them have endowments […]
I found this dvar Torah I wrote three years ago. When I wrote it then, I had certain patients in the hospital in mind. In rereading it today I am thinking about all those who are ill in the hospital, and all those who are working in the hospitals. I am thinking about the entire […]
