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From the Home Kitchen of Chef Aaron: Blintzes from 1918
Chef Aaron Egan shares a Cheese Blintzes recipe from "The International Jewish Cook Book," published in 1918.
Faces & Places: Shine a Light on Antisemitism
Executive Coalition for Black and Jewish Unity member Jennifer Lewis stressed the importance of unity among the Black and Jewish communities.
Society For Humanistic Judaism Receives Grant From the Simon Foundation to Launch Michigan Programming
The Donald R. and Esther Simon Foundation has awarded a grant to the Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ) to expand its Jews for a Secular Democracy social justice initiative by piloting a state-specific program in Michigan.
Woodward Avenue Shul Offers ‘Soup and Study’ Program During the Winter
Rabbi Mendel Polter says the goal for the program’s length was at least for the duration of the Book of Exodus, taking it week-by-week to see how it goes and, if it kicked off, it would continue and, if not, that would be fine.
‘Quite Simply a Mensch’: Meet Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Freed After Hostage Crisis at His...
Cytron-Walker is the only full-time rabbi that Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, has ever had.
Synagogue Hostages Safe; Local Rabbis Praise Texas Rabbi
Because of his Michigan ties, Cytron-Walker has connections with many rabbis in Metro Detroit and Lansing.
As Colleyville Synagogue Hostage Crisis Unfolds, Jews Turn to Prayers Designed for Moments of...
“What is the right prayer for people in peril?” one person asked on Twitter. Many responses were offered up Saturday night.
University of Michigan Removes Schlissel as School President for Inappropriate Relationship with Employee
Former University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has been appointed interim president.
All Texas Synagogue Hostages ‘Out Alive and Safe’ After Harrowing 12-Hour Standoff, Suspect is...
The hostage-taker was reportedly seeking the release of a Pakistani woman serving 86 years for an attack on American military personnel.
Yiddish Limerick: Tu b’Shevat
Rachel Kapen provides a Yiddish Limerick for Tu b'Shevat.
Opinion: Should We Be Concerned About Our Democracy?
Jewish thought leaders respond to the question.
A Look at Israel: 2022
Israel’s Energy Minister Karine Elharrar has announced that 2022 will be the year of renewable energy.
Faces & Places: Temple Israel Feeds the Homeless
Throughout the week, volunteers of all ages came together to prepare and package more than 900 meals for the South Oakland Shelter.
Synagogues Face Tough COVID Questions (Again) as Omicron Surges
Congregations that had returned to in-person services have taken a range of approaches to the spiking case counts, and decreased severity, of the omicron variant.
Looking Back: A Legendary Labor Leader
Irv Bluestone was a mensch of the highest order, greatly respected and well-liked by rank-and-file union members as well as by corporation leaders.
A Word of Torah: The Power of Ruach
Just as ruach, a physical wind, can part waters and expose land beneath, so ruach, the human spirit, can expose, beneath the surface of a story, a deeper meaning beneath.