If you’ve ever hosted a wedding, you know the frustration of RSVP deadlines. It’s a week before the event, the caterer is breathing down your neck, and you still have no idea how many people are coming. So, you start calling relatives: “Hey, are you coming?” You think you finally hav…
Passover begins Saturday night. Reform Jews and Jews in Israel celebrate for seven days with the first and last days as holy days. The days in the middle are referred to as Chol HaMoed or the weekdays of the festival. Conservative and Orthodox Jews outside of Israel celebrate eight days with…
I first encountered the concept of "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (TANSTAAFL) in high school economics. The phrase originated in the 1800s when saloons would offer a "free" lunch buffet as a loss leader to attract drinking patrons.
PJ Library is a “free” program of the Haro…
Life & Legacy™ is an eight-year initiative by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) aimed at supporting communities across North America in promoting after-lifetime giving. This partnership with Jewish Federations and Foundations focuses on building endowments to sustain vital organization…
Rabbi Dov Linzer, one of the speakers at our event last night, is the president and rabbinic head of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT). Rabbi Linzer gave a shout-out to YCT’s executive director, Ruthie Strosberg Simon, a Schenectady native. Of the 200+ rabbis who graduated from its program, th…
