jkid voices blog

by Lela Casey

Editor's Note: Thanks to jkidphilly mom Lela Casey for sharing this powerful blog that originally appeared in Kveller. Tikkun Olam is our jkidphilly Venturer theme for the summer--check out this page for info on signing up your family.

by Robin Matthews, Jewish Learning Venture Program Administrator

I grew up in a Jewish family and although we celebrated the holidays, we didn’t belong to a synagogue and we rarely practiced regular rituals like Shabbat or keeping kosher. In fact, outside of some of the social customs like using Yiddish idioms

by Lettie Switzer

Almost ten years ago, my husband Jason and I had dinner with a Jewish couple who were singers in the same opera Jason was performing in at the time.