Bein Gavrah as a Spiritual Offering
Arts and crafts was always my favorite activity as a kid, and now, as an adult, my inner crafter is emerging in various ways. This is the first of a […]
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Building Jewish From the Foundations Up, R’ Dara Lithwick in Conversation with Tyler Samuels
Why don’t the boards of most major Jewish organizations have youth advisory councils (as many municipalities and even the federal government have), especially if a major challenge facing such communal […]
#ColorTheOmer – featured on Bookishly Jewish!
Mazal tov to Bayit builders Dr. Shari Berkowitz and Steve Silbert, author and illustrator of Color the Omer, for this feature in Bookishly Jewish! Here’s how the interview begins: Evalyn: Coloring […]
Step by Step: Omer 5782
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes this offering for the Omer 5782, available both as a printable PDF and as google slides suitable for screensharing. Here you’ll find one […]
Atoning for the Spiritual Abuse of Conversion Therapy and From Conversion to Allyship
Atoning for the Spiritual Abuse of Conversion Therapy Rabbi Mike Moskowitz On Wednesday, I returned from the Global Interfaith Commission of LGBT+ lives, held in London, England. We met with […]
Welcoming the Stranger and Protecting the Refugee: A Conversation With Jodi Block of JIAS
It has been a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then over 3.6 million Ukrainians have fled their country, and another 6.5 million residents have been displaced within Ukraine, having […]
Ideas for Color the Omer 2022
Last year, Bayit published Color the Omer, our first spiritual coloring book. It was conceived and written by Shari Berkowitz, illustrated by Steve Silbert and edited by R. Rachel […]
Refugee Shabbat and a Mishkan for all: Parsha Pekudei
What does it mean to have a home, a bayit? Is it a physical shelter, a safe place to sleep and eat and work (and everything else during parts of […]
For Such A Time as This: Purim 5782
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes this offering for Purim 5782, available both as a printable PDF and as illuminated google slides suitable for screensharing. Here you’ll find […]
A Paradigm for Digital Belonging
During the pandemic, many congregations moved some or all of their programming online. People joined online services and classes from all over. Congregations that see the benefits of this […]