Rise and shine, Jewish Gauchos! It’s Senate Season here in Sunny Santa Barbara, and our candidates couldn’t be more excited...

Easy Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread Recipe...

I was thinking about three things while writing this poem...

Rabbi Jacobs is a Reform rabbi and the president of the Union for Reform Judaism. He spent 20 years as the rabbi of Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, NY. Rabbi Jacobs is married to Susan K. Freedman and has three adult children....

Written on 3/17/2024 as a reflection on witnessing sites of the Shoah in Poland.

The infamous walk through Ben Gurion Airport down the sloped walkway towards border control has always brought tears to my eyes. I made that walk last June 2024 and this March 2025, yet they felt different....

As many readers will probably know due to its yearly recounting of the at the Passover table, Passover (פסח) commemorates the biblical story of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt...

A Fictional Retelling of AEPi's 2025 Cabo Trip...

Judaism and food have a long and complex relationship — we have entire holidays dedicated to abstaining from eating. We have certain foods we can’t eat, and certain foods we must eat...

Here are some super yummy kosher for Passover recipes!

A few months ago, I had the honor of interviewing George Rusznak. George is many things: husband, father, businessman, and he’s also a holocaust survivor...