Avi McGrady participated in Adventure Rabbi's Adventure Bar Mitzvah Class. In this essay, he reflects on how climbing a mountain and making matzah ball soup helped him become a Bar Mitzvah.

"Not using my electronics or other technologies created a positive change in my life and I felt better about myself because I spent more time with family."

I always thought that emojis were a recent thing. So, imagine my shock when this morning I was studying tractate Ketubot in the Talmud, written in 200 CE, and the discussion was about smiley face emojis!

"I'm going to be in charge of the school, which is an exciting new challenge for me." - Rabbi Jamie