Jewish Life

On Saturday, August 11th, 2018, Isaiah Tejada will be called before the congregation as a Bar Israel with Adventure Judaism.

On Saturday, August 11th 2018, Justin Lancisi will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism.

On Saturday, August 11th 2018, Lee Whinston will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism.

It can be hard to feel satisfied in this world that screams at us that we always need more!

On Saturday, August 4th, 2018, Zachary Frieder and Isaiah Akiba Hirsh Rothstein will be called to the Torah as B'nai Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

Ayn od milvado; there is nothing other than God. Does this mean that if we are really spiritual, we transcend all the grossness of our physical world?

In early July, students of the Alexander Muss High School in Israel, a Jewish and pluralistic educational institution in Israel, made an arduous but incredibly impactful trek up Mount Masada, bringing the message of Masada back to their campus.

Tamar Michele Bradley, sister Josh Goldstein, passed away the morning of July 25, 2018 in New York.

On Saturday, July 28th, 2018, Ethan Wurman will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom.

On Saturday, July 21st 2018, Sierra Matz was called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism.

On Saturday, July 21st 2018, Aniela Meyer was called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with Adventure Judaism.

On Saturday, July 14th, 2018, Evan Buchman was called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom.

On Saturday, July 14th, 2018, Stephanie and Abby Segal were called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah with the Adventure Rabbi.

The third Jonathan from London is Jonathan Boyd who is the Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research in London.

This land was once filled with giants. But they died out, slowly, over the centuries, until there was only one left - the great and mighty Og.

Ann Brown (Chasha bat Laib v Leah), mother of Beth Ornstein, died peacefully on Saturday evening in San Diego. 

“The Forest of Sadness.” That’s the last stop recorded in the Sinai travel itinerary. What is this strange place? And what pain does it hold, there in the shadows of its trees?

Towards the end of The Book of Numbers, there is a list of 42 places on the Israelite's journey as they hope to enter a new land. It is reminiscent of the wanderings of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers of which there are some 65 million in our world today.

Acclaimed writer and director Jonathan Glazer is Rabbi Marc's oldest friend and for years, they have enjoyed conversations on where art, religion, spirituality and culture meet and diverge. 

We should talk about the Daughters of Tzelophehad more.

What’s so bad about Bilaam? Now Balak, the king of Moab - for whom our parsha is named - he’s a real villain...

On Saturday, June 30th, 2018, Martin Libertun will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Bonai Shalom.

On Sunday, July 1, 2018, Doolin O'Brien, son of Becky and Chris O'Brien, will become a bar mitzvah with Judaism Your Way.

This week we run into one of the classic questions of the Torah: “What did Moses do that was so wrong?”

As Adventure Rabbi Kids plunges into its 8th year, we delve into a world of learning that involves hands-on exploration, critical thinking, and a focus on bringing each other together as a loving and caring community.