A Typical Jewish Mother… in Uganda

A Typical Jewish Mother… in Uganda

In my early 30s, I had exciting opportunities to visit and work with public health projects in Uganda several times. I was relatively young, dating and childless. It was pretty easy for me to pick up and oversee the work of Be’chol Lashon in Africa, to make my base...
Chile con Hebrew

Chile con Hebrew

As part of a gap year between high school and college, I spent six months in Santiago, Chile. I was there partly to improve my Spanish, and partly to study music. I wasn’t expecting to meet any other Jews while in Santiago, Chile—the country is predominantly Catholic,...
What is Jewish&?

What is Jewish&?

Young Jews today are growing up in a hyper-connected, globalized world. That means they must contend with challenging viewpoints, contrary experiences and differing values. They must not only deal with the multitude of identities to which they are exposed, they must...

Micro-credit Brings Macro-benefits

[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”article-header-banner”] [vc_column_text “post-meta-data”][+AUTHOR+][+PUBLICATION+][+DATE+] In an era of heightened concern about global security, we would do well to look at one of the root causes of...