by Julie Fisher, OSRUI Alum Our OSRUI Alumni are doing amazing work in our world, and we love to highlight it! This blog was originally posted on ReformJudaism.org. In June each year we mark World Refugee Day. Lately, it seems that all our days are refugee days....
by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, OSRUI alum and faculty member, and associate rabbi at Am Shalom in Glencoe, IL. I am from blintzes, from Crest toothpaste and kippot tucked into a dresser drawer. I am from no eating in the bedrooms, singing all the time, comfy couches, a...
by Denise Heimlich, OSRUI Staff Member and Mah Jongg Player The sound of tiles clacking on the table evokes clear memories for some women of mom playing mah jongg while children try to sleep down the hall or upstairs. Others are the first of their families to take up...
