BreakAway: An Extraordinary Week
BreakAway: An Extraordinary Week
Life is meant for good friends and great adventures. And, sometimes, you have to break out of the ordinary to find both. Enter BreakAway, JCC Chicago’s Spring Break – Away program for Chicago area teens. Two weeks ago, 70 teens from throughout Chicagoland traveled to JCC Camp Chi and the Perlstein Retreat Center for an entirely […] Learn More ›
The Deeper Meaning of Passover
I must admit, as a child, Passover was my least favorite Jewish holiday. As a carb-lover, bagels, noodles, sticky white rice and cereal, were a large part of my diet. Abstaining from those foods was a serious challenge. I was the youngest at our Seder so the mere thought of chanting the four questions in […] Learn More ›
The Power of Asking Questions
Passover Reflection from Alan Sataloff It’s often easy to take our freedom for granted. We go about our busy lives and we don’t often stop and think about the privilege of living in a free country. Next week, when we gather around our Seder tables for Passover, we will reflect on our ancestors’ escape from […] Learn More ›
Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies
Passover is the “big one” in our family. My mom and I start early (even before Purim) talking about who to invite, if we need to include something new in the seder, and, most importantly, what food we will be serving. We go back and forth trying to figure out how many guests will attend […] Learn More ›
How I Found My Path to Doing Good…
Written by Danielle Bohrer At some point in my late 20’s I stopped keeping track of how many babies my friends were having or how many of my peers were graduating from med school. Instead, I started contemplating what my 16 year-old-self would think of me today. Luckily, I didn’t have to dig very deep […] Learn More ›