The 2017 Momentum trip to Israel had us soaring in every way. We left the Cincinnati area a group of Jewish moms, and returned eight days later as sisters — inspired, bonded, fueled with purpose, recharged, and well-traveled (and, of course, well-fed!).
Read MoreRecap: Steve reminisces about his first visit to Israel, a four-month trip that took him all around the country, and the feelings it awakened in him.
It was 1965, and I had just returned from a soul-searching, life-changing trip to Israel where I came face to face with my Jewishness and felt the deep tug in my heart that has called to Jews over the millennia — Come home, come home.
Read MoreDo you ever feel stressed? Or like you’re going through life with insecurities, obstacles lurking around every corner? This type of suffering is so prevalent today, many of us feel like it’s just something we have to contend with.
Read MoreIn the cold, dark days of December, I was blessed to co-staff a weeklong trip to Poland to visit sites of pre-Holocaust Europe. The trip was made up of Jewish college students from across the country, including a group from Rabbi Akiva Yanez’s Olami campus programs at UC and Miami of Ohio.
Read MoreProbably one of the most popular search queries in history — even before Google — has to do with the meaning of life. The quintessential caricature of waxing philosophical is why am I here? What is my purpose? Does anything I do matter?
Read MoreI remember my first time reading through the Bible, when I was in my twenties. At first, I was captivated by stories of the patriarchs and matriarchs, and it seemed as though the ethical stories and morality tales would go on forever!
Read MoreRecap: Steve introduces the purpose of this series: to bring us closer together as the “family of Jews” and to spotlight the Orthodox community by reminiscing about his own Long Journey Home.
One thing you have to know about Orthodox Jews; G-d is ever-present in their lives.
Read MoreRecap: After a year of intense training and preparation with other new recruits, Steve is called to ship out to Vietnam.
Our battalion — me and 750 other “green” troops — assembled on an airstrip before being loaded into a huge C5A Starlifter. Destination: Vietnam.
Read MoreCincinnati Jewish Experience (CJX) is a new section in The American Israelite. It will include social news columns, soft news, hard news, Jewish thought, photo spreads, and some surprises.
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