Tradition

Camp

Report: Camps Must Do More to Sell Themselves

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Just because families join synagogues and send their kids to Jewish day camps doesn’t mean they will send them to overnight camps, according to a newly released study of local families with young children. And with a pricetag of thousands of dollars per summer, these camps must also have top-notch facilities and programs because the promise of developing Jewish identity...

Tradition

JFCS, Abington Hospital to Fund Chaplaincy

The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia and Abington Hospital have agreed to jointly fund a rabbinic chaplain to visit Jewish patients.

Columns

Reflections on Two Years of Blogging About Shabbat

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Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

A local Jewish professional and mother reflects on two years of blogging about Shabbat, closing that project but continuing her work as an advice columnist for the Exponent.

Tradition

Eat, Pray, Run

Jersey Rabbi Leads National Running Charity

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Melissa Jacobs

While other Jews are wrapping their tefillin, Rabbi Benjamin David is lacing his sneakers. Six days a week, the co-founder of the now national Running Rabbis group runs the roads of South Jersey for at least 45 minutes, often longer.

History & Nostalgia

Thinking Twice About  Bubbe Meises

Taking a second look at superstitions’ impact  on our everyday lives

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Richard Pawlak, Inside Feature

Are you wary of black cats, first steps, empty ovens and opened ladders? Do you smell the Havdalah candle after it is extinguished? Do you believe that the number 13 is unlucky? You’re hardly alone. Superstitious behavior permeates almost every facet of our lives. The ancient Greeks used just two words to explain both good and bad fortunes, as well...