Kavanah. If you’re Jewish, you’ve probably heard the word thrown around by your Rabbi, or perhaps by a friend. Perhaps you use it yourself on a regular basis. For me, it’s a biggie. Loosely translated as “intention,” and related to the word kivun meaning “direction,” living life with kavanah is an ideal I strive towards [...]
We are thrilled to announce the release of OneShul Machzor 5773, the siddur for our first OneShul High Holidays Services. Click here to download the new book. And please, give a suggested minimum $5.00 donation to support the work we as a community are doing. Our prayer service schedule for High Holidays includes: 9/16 @ [...]
Lili Kalish Gersch, Director of Literary, Music, and Dance Programming at Washington DC JCC, talks about how she identifies as a Jew and what Jewish affiliations mean to her. Visit us at www.theg-dproject.org
Putting the words “Jewish” and “business” in the same article is bound to get some comments. Of course, we as a people have a reputation for being very savvy in the career world. But sometimes life is not that simple, and we are forced to face a dreadful loss: the closing of a business. I [...]
The newest multimedia project from PunkTorah, The Shabbat Evening Zine is a zine (short for “magazine”) prayerbook featuring the Friday night Shabbat service in Hebrew, English and transliteration, as well as a Havdalah service and several short essays on the meaning of Shabbat. If 90′s riot grrl feminists, punks, indie rockers and subversive crafters had [...]
