Parshat Ha’Shavuah
May 4, 2012 | Posted by jonathangolub


If you are ever in the position to explain Judaism to someone while they stand on one... Read more »

April 25, 2012 | Posted by JWW Team


“Finish your peas – there are people starving in Africa.” President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has blocked... Read more »

March 30, 2012 | Posted by JWW Team


Keeping the Fire Alive “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt... Read more »

June 16, 2011 | Posted by JWW Team


Seeing With Our Eye and Our Hearts Just last week I had my eyes dilated.  It was... Read more »

May 6, 2011 | Posted by CharlieKramer


*Charlie Kramer is a high school senior at New Jewish Community High School and has spent the... Read more »

March 25, 2011 | Posted by JWW Team


Fire plays a central role in the first few parshiyot (Torah portions) of Sefer Vayikra (the Book... Read more »


“Rabbi, I’m not religious, I’m spiritual!”  In the supermarket and in the sanctuary, I hear these words. ... Read more »

January 14, 2011 | Posted by JWW Team


Upon reaching the Ten Commandments in this week’s Torah reading, the congregation will rise to reenact a... Read more »


In Parashat Bo, we continue the story of the Israelites in Slavery. The people were not able... Read more »

November 17, 2010 | Posted by JWW Team


Dinah’s father is silent at her birth, her rape and her disappearance. While midrashists ancient and modern have written a middle and an end to Dinah’s story, the Torah is also silent. Read more »