By Lauren Isaacs The new Netflix series, “My Unorthodox Life,” is a reality show about a former religious Jewish woman and her family, and the current secular lives that they live. The show’s main character describes her harrowing journey from religious Jew in a somewhat closed community to entrepreneur, model agent aficionado, and all-around…
One might question how a girl that grew up in Zimbabwe, earned a law degree from Oxford and married a diplomat, ended up in Tucson, becoming the executive director of the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center. But the answers unfold when you hear Gugulethu “Gugu” Moyo share her incredible journey, and you…
Jewish Life Television/JLTV proudly announces the addition of the children’s program “Rhythm ‘N Ruach” to its weekend morning line-up. Joining the animated series “Bible Stories for Kids,” which is distributed by Chip Taylor Communications, “Rhythm ‘N Ruach” is an original production of Joyful Judaism Productions and is making its television premiere on Jewish Life Television…
Photo: Rabbi Laurie Rutenberg teaching a class during the Fall 2018 Session. Introduction to Judaism is an 18-week course taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliation. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary…
A few months ago, Neveh Shalom Rabbi Daniel Isaak announced plans for a May 17 collective wedding ceremony, noting that many Jewish married couples were married in civil ceremonies here or in the former Soviet Union. In announcing plans for the ceremony, he wrote, “In some cases one of the couple converted to Judaism since…
On the website for the new JCC Maccabi Sports Camp (maccabisportscamp.org), Camp Director Josh Steinharter writes, “As a kid who hoped to one day play shortstop for the Yankees, I faced a dilemma every summer. ‘Why do I have to choose between sports camp and Jewish overnight camp?’” Fortunately for like-minded kids today, that is…
With a dozen members seated in a circle each Wednesday morning at Ashland’s Temple Emek Shalom, Rabbi Joshua Boettiger leads “Jewish Meditation.” Though in its silence, peace and community, it resembles Buddhism, it’s decidedly Hebraic in the brief introductory lesson. The silence of the meditators is already rich as they cross their legs and begin…
Katie Elliot, lead teacher at The Gan-Garrett Jewish Preschool in Vancouver, WA, is sold on the importance of Jewish education – even though she herself is not Jewish. Judaism, she says, brings so much meaning to early childhood education. “The children have opportunities to practice compassion, kindness and charity,” says Elliot, whose master’s thesis focused…
Adults enroll in diverse education programs to enhance their professional life, enrich their cultural literacy, explore new interests or simply to keep their minds active and growing. The Internet has created a new avenue for learning at all those levels. “The changing nature of work in the 21st century requires a continuous cycle of training…
