More than a century after my own great-grandfather left Odessa for America, a family from Kharkiv found refuge in our house in New York.

Mijal Bitton and Yolanda Savage-Narva explore the complexities involved in building the kind of vibrant Jewish community of belonging that we aspire to live in.

How can we maintain our safety without closing the door to one of our most sacred obligations, welcoming the stranger?

As the high holidays approach, rabbis and lay leaders across the country are entwined in a series of negotiations about the how and when of a return to pre-pandemic synagogue.