2013
Younger Than That Now
Memorial Day, 2007. I’ve drifted away from a Santa Monica beach party to gaze out at the Pacific Ocean, plus my ...
Fitting in
I recently read an essay published earlier this year on xoJane that a woman wrote as a paean to her ...
Rabbi Jason Klein, Groundbreaker
This spring, Rabbi Jason Klein was elected to lead the Reconstructionist movement’s rabbinic association, making him the first out gay ...
When You’re A Jet You Stay A Jet
“Ashkenazi.” “Sephardic.” As a kid, wandering around the kiddish reception at our shul collecting cellophane ruffle-topped toothpicks in a plastic ...
That Time Segregationists Spied on BBYO
The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission was created in 1956 to fight against racial integration. An arm of Mississippi’s state government, ...
Busy, Busy, Busy
Camp is almost here. As you pack the duffel bags, label the underwear, and organize the toiletries you have to ...
Silence or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the NSA
Sooner or later, everything you say or do will be recorded. The internet, like an elephant, never forgets. I’m sure ...
Summer Camp is a Southern Jewish Tradition
This past Thursday, my wife and I got up early, packed our car with trunks, suitcases, plastic drawers, and sleeping ...
Nice Jewish Girls Finish Whole
I think of Claudia Silver, the eponymous heroine of my debut novel, Claudia Silver to the Rescue , as one ...
God, Our Parent: Father’s Day Reflections
When I was about twelve years old, I opened my younger brother’s textbook, just out of curiosity. This textbook from ...