Bar Mitzva for Life While the creativity and pizzazz of the b’nei mitzot featured in “Today I Am a Director” (June/July issue) are to be appreciated, it

It is the start of the Jewish New Year and time to look to the future. With this issue, I conclude my term as chair

Each season carries memories of childhood that become part of the pattern of life. For me, the highlight of autumn is Sukkot. When I was

The experience of high office doesn’t always match the expectation. Maybe it’s because anticipation is all about what you are going to accomplish or change,

In Alabama 100 years ago, midwives wrapped a laboring woman in her husband’s shirt and cap, so his energy could help her with the birth.

Campus Battle Regarding “Defending Israel on Campus” in the April/May issue: I take issue with the use of the term “pro-Palestinian” for those promoting boycott,

Summer is on its way—a time to revitalize our energies, set priorities and plan for the future. Hadassah is continuing to plan and build, too.

Isaac Soloway may be a fairly typical Los Angeles Jewish teenager, but his bar mitzva was anything but the standard Jewish coming-of-age ritual. The event