Alison Faith Levy's latest is Jewish-inspired retro pop for kids By J. Staff Sep 20, 2021 San Francisco musician and Jewish educator Alison Faith Levy has released a new album of “retro-inspired pop songs” for children called “You Are Magic” For this, her third solo album of children’s music, Levy said she intentionally wrote songs with “Jewish values baked into them.” The title track addresses the idea of b’tzelem elohim, that… Read More
First Person We're spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually This article originally appeared on Kveller. One of the distinctively Jewish benefits of the pandemic is that we can attend services virtually anywhere… By Avi Dresner, JTA Sep 14, 2021
Author! Author! New middle-grade title gets a ‘Book Mitzvah’ debut event After attending her best friend’s bat mitzvah, 12-year-old Hannah tells her parents that she wants to have one, too. When they say no — Hannah belongs to… By Andrew Esensten Sep 14, 2021
Parenting I’m pro-choice, I’m a parent, and I know what I can handle In the waning days of the 2020 presidential campaign, Ivanka Trump, who had previously avoided stating her position on abortion rights, made an… By Drew Himmelstein Sep 13, 2021
Opinion Who is included in the ‘us’ of our prayers? This Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, about 40% of non-Orthodox Jews will attend religious services. They will hear and recite many prayers that refer to… By Edmund Case Aug 26, 2021
Parenting My kids roam the neighborhood, and that's good for everyone On a recent afternoon, the 6-year-old boy from across the street wandered over to my driveway looking for something to do. I was sitting on the front… By Drew Himmelstein Aug 23, 2021
Travel The Jews of Key West: Making a home again in Margaritaville On any given afternoon, hundreds of visitors to Key West patiently line up for selfies next to a brightly painted, 12-foot-high concrete buoy that marks… By JTA, Larry Luxner Aug 3, 2021
Northern California Tawonga cancels a camp session due to California Covid surge A four-day Camp Tawonga introductory session with 200 children enrolled has been canceled due to a surge in Covid cases in the region and low vaccination… By Gabriel Greschler Aug 2, 2021
First Person What does Jewish tradition teach us when nature is out of balance? Every houseplant I’ve ever been responsible for could attest, from beyond the grave, that I don’t exactly have a green thumb. So it was interesting to… By Hannah S. Pressman, JTA Jul 28, 2021