2013
Parashat Balak: Something Queer in the Vineyards
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
Summer Lovin’ – Samantha & Brian
SAMANTHA & BRIAN ISENSTEIN When/how/where at camp did you meet? We met in the picnic grove during lunch, on the ...
Queer Tribes: Finding a Place for Alternative Families
I n honor of Father’s/Fathers’ Day, we bring you Gregg Drinkwater’s essay on being a gay dad. You can read ...
Meeting Mississippi, For Real
This post is from a new staff member, 2013-2015 ISJL Education Fellow Lex Rofes.A few weeks ago, I listened intently ...
Why Time Isn’t Money
We often tend to use the same language for time as we use for money. We “spend” it. We “save” ...
Crossing Delancey: Royal Young on Lee Brozgold
My father’s artwork was always how I made sense of the world around me. The sometimes scary, ghetto Lower East ...
Aleph, Bet…
I remember being a little kid, maybe four or five, when my dad sat me down with a workbook and ...
Transmission of Torah: For Jews Only?
According to the National Jewish Population Survey, there are approximately 1.5 million non-Jews helping to raise Jewish families in the ...
From Shtetl to Star: A Jewish Tradition of Changing Names
I changed my name from Hazak Brozgold to Royal Young when I was 20 years old. I was a drunk ...
Out at Shul… and No Big Deal
A series by Jewish moms and dads with LGBTQ children. When a child comes out, a coming out process begins ...