Written by: Jen Bokoff, Honeymoon Israel Chicago, December 2019 Hilary Markus and Ryan Kelly were looking forward to their early April wedding. Given coronavirus, they made the decision to postpone.…
Written by: Jen Bokoff, Honeymoon Israel Chicago, December 2019 Michael and Rachel Plump met six years ago at a music festival. Rachel grew up Jewish, went to Jewish summer camp,…
Written by: Jen Bokoff, Honeymoon Israel Chicago, December 2019 Kari Parekh and David Pell had planned on frequent support from family and friends once they had their first child. Then…
How do you plan a ritual meal when you don't want to leave the house? What if you don't have the makings for a traditional meal? Alumni Kristin Posner (SF,…
Throughout the month of June, we chose to honor and celebrate the diversity of our HMI community. Check out these videos to hear HMI couples from our LGBTQ community share…
The Jewish High Holy Days are some of the most significant days in the Jewish calendar. They include Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year, starts 9/18) and Yom Kippur (our…
There’s an autumnal harvest holiday approaching, and no, this isn’t an early Thanksgiving blog post. We’re talking about SUKKOT! Sukkot is a Jewish agricultural festival that was originally considered a…
“What is this symbol?” a 7-year-old Julia asked. “That’s the star of David. It means you’re Jewish,” she was told. This was the first time Julia had ever heard that…