During Passover, the seder plate traditionally includes items like parsley, bitter herbs, charoset, a shank bone, and an egg, but there are modern additions you can incorporate to reflect contemporary issues in the Jewish community.

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who experienced being held hostage in a Texas synagogue, urges diaspora Jews to stand in solidarity with Israelis who are protesting threats to their democracy.

Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner has made it his mission to destigmatize mental wellness and suicide in the Jewish community after experiencing the suicide of his brother.

In this personal reflection, the author shares their experience of welcoming their fiancé Ian into Judaism as he embarks on the conversion process.