2013
Where does God fit in?
We have to bring more Jews into Jewish Life. We have to keep the Jewish community strong. We have to ...
Queer Jewish Dating
What does it mean to be Jewish and queer? What about dating queer and Jewish? Does it make a difference? ...
Zimmerman Verdict: Reflections on Justice and Dialogue
George Zimmerman has been found “not guilty” in the murder of Trayvon Martin. The trial was high-profile and symbolic, and ...
West and Schwartz, Dreaming at the Movies
When it comes to 20th-century Jewish authors, it’s Bellow, Roth, and Salinger who generally grab headlines. But their immediate predecessors—Delmore Schwartz and Nathanael ...
Sounding the Shofar in Hinds County, Mississippi
One of the greatest things about the “Southern Jewish Experience” is getting not only to have Southern Jewish experiences, but ...
Summer Lovin’ – Mollie & Jon
MOLLIE & JON BECKER When/how/where at camp did you meet? We knew each other since we were Oles, the youngest ...
Can We Really Unplug?
There was recently an article about how camps can help kids unplug from their everyday lives. We read it (online, ...
A Word on Who I Am
A few months ago I finished Pete Townshend’s autobiography, Who I Am . I can’t say I was surprised to ...
Finding Joy
I was moved by a story I heard on NPR last week. Krista Tippet, host of NPR’s show “On Being,” ...
What I Wish I Had Known at 13
When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would decide on the legality of California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense ...