CNN host visits Yad Vashem and Auschwitz for the network’s ‘Roots’ series

Even in the age of email, the genre of ‘Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah’ endures

While kids play ball, swap clothes, and steal their first kisses, they also learn about community, identity, and being a mensch

Through music, politics, and barbecue, Etgar 36 trips help high-school students develop a sense of identity as Jews and Americans

The legendary rabbi talks about free love, doing LSD with Timothy Leary, and mortality in a new book, ‘The December Project’

There’s a website for that

In a congregation that didn’t focus on God, I discovered the value of reciting prayers I don’t believe

Hiking the Appalachian Trail—once before Tisha B’Av—taught me the essence of observance

Ignore the bugs and the Bieber; focus on the break from everyday life and the enveloping sense of community: Jewish summer camp can be fun and meaningful for growns-ups with families in tow, too

I have conflicted feelings toward Israel, but I love my daughter’s progressive, tolerant, anti-bullying, anti-materialist—and, yes, Zionist—summer camp

The blessings of Jewish camps for special-needs kids