Building Jewish Bridges

05/30/2026

I have a friend who texts me "Shabbat Shalom" every Friday afternoon. Last week she included this image.
I share it with you. ❤

05/29/2026

You really can't say "too much" to me.

When a new inquiry arrives – typically as an email – I set up a time to talk, either on the phone or on Zoom. Invariably the conversation gets detailed and extends beyond the 5 to 10 minutes that many people anticipated. As they describe their situation they often pause and say, “I’m sorry I...

05/27/2026

I just came across this website. Lots of interesting stuff! What do you think?

Photo of 6 Army Nurse Corps members, with Martha G. Metter on the bottom left National Museum of American Jewish History, 2012.33.147. Gift of Martha G. Metter Fritz.

05/20/2026

An Israeli dessert for Shavuot. You're going to LOVE IT!

While reading through a cooking website I came upon a reference to Ugat Biskvitim; it was described as an Israeli refrigerator cake often made for Shavuot. I asked an Israeli friend if she had a recipe. Well! She brought me an entire cake! Here’s the recipe so you too can indulge in this VERY DAIR...

05/18/2026

Noam Bettan of Israel came in second in this year's Eurovision!

Subscribe and 🔔 to Eurovision 👉 https://www.youtube.com/user/eurovision?sub_confirmation=1 ​Noam Bettan from Israel performed Michelle in the Grand Final o...

05/13/2026

ejewishphilanthropy.com reports these interesting population figures for Jews in and out of Israel.

Alongside the number of Holocaust survivors alive today in Israel, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics released the latest estimates for the number of Jews alive around the world, 15.8 million, alongside the pre-Holocaust estimate, 16.6 million. More than 80 years after the end of the Holocaust, the global Jewish population today remains 800,000 lower than it was on the eve of World War II. The CBS data also highlight the current centrality of Israel for the Jewish People, with 45% of Jews living in Israel today, compared to 1945 when 3% of Jews lived in then-Palestine.

05/12/2026

Food is a form of communication.

https://reformjudaism.org/blog/gursha-culinary-bridge-across-diaspora-heritage-and-community?

Chef, entrepreneur, and cookbook author Beejhy Barhany has long used food as a bridge between cultures. Her new cookbook, "Gursha," celebrates Ethiopian, Sudanese, Yemenite, and African American culinary traditions.

05/09/2026

Shabbat Shalom!

05/06/2026

Have you ever wanted to study Torah with other Jews of color? This is a lovely organization and I want to share it with you.

By creating and cultivating a community that is for us by us where Jews of Color are able to build resilience and bring their fullest selves to Jewish learning and Torah, Ammud affirms, educates, and builds leadership among Jews of Color, supporting us to be empowered members and leaders of Jewish c...

05/05/2026

Please remember that you CAN change your mind. Take a different direction. Choose companions who better support you. Be a better person, partner & parent.

  Pesach Shini (Second Passover) comes exactly one month after Passover. It is found in the Torah in Numbers 9:1 – 14. It’s historical purpose was to prove an opportunity to observe Passover for anyone who was unable to do so at the correct time due to ritual impurity or because they were too f...